Where does “maalaus” come from?

maalaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish maalata, from Finnish maali, from Old Swedish māl, 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.

maalaus (Finnish): painting

Definitions

  1. painting

Ancestry of “maalaus”, step by step

maalaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maalata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaalatato paint; to select, highlight; to score
2Finnishmaalipaint; target; goal
3Old Swedishmālmeasure, amount; sign
4Old Swedishmālato paint
5Old Norsemálato grind
6Middle Low Germanmālento draw, paint; to paint
7Old Saxon*mālōn
8Proto-West Germanic*mālēnto paint
9Proto-Albanianmelanablack
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-n-dull black
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
12Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
13Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Finnish us

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishus-ing

Words derived from “maalaus

Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey-Every word from Proto-Indo-European mel-Every word from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-
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