Where does “maalarinkelkka” come from?
maalarinkelkka (Finnish) comes from Finnish maalari, from Swedish målare, from Swedish måla, from Old Swedish māla, from Old Norse mála, from Middle Low German mālen, from Old Saxon *mālōn, from Proto-West Germanic *mālēn — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
maalarinkelkka (Finnish): suspended scaffold, swing stage scaffold suspended on wires, movable up, down and sideways; may be used as working platform for window cleaners, painters etc
Definitions
- suspended scaffold, swing stage scaffold suspended on wires, movable up, down and sideways; may be used as working platform for window cleaners, painters etc
Ancestry of “maalarinkelkka”, step by step
maalarinkelkka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maalari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maalari | painter; artist |
| 2 | Swedish | målare | a painter |
| 3 | Swedish | måla | to paint; to score |
| 4 | Old Swedish | māla | to paint |
| 5 | Old Norse | mála | to grind |
| 6 | Middle Low German | mālen | to draw, paint; to paint |
| 7 | Old Saxon | *mālōn | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *mālēn | to paint |
| 9 | Proto-Albanian | melana | black |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-n- | dull black |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |