Where does “maalaustekniikka” come from?

maalaustekniikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish maalaus, 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 — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

maalaustekniikka (Finnish): painting technique

Definitions

  1. painting technique

Ancestry of “maalaustekniikka”, step by step

maalaustekniikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maalaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaalauspainting
2Finnishmaalatato paint; to select, highlight; to score
3Finnishmaalipaint; target; goal
4Old Swedishmālmeasure, amount; sign
5Old Swedishmālato paint
6Old Norsemálato grind
7Middle Low Germanmālento draw, paint; to paint
8Old Saxon*mālōn
9Proto-West Germanic*mālēnto paint
10Proto-Albanianmelanablack
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-n-dull black
12Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
13Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
14Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Finnish tekniikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtekniikkatechnology; technique; method
2Swedishteknika technique; technology
3Frenchtechniquetechnical; technique, technology
4Latintechnicustechnical
5Ancient Greekτεχνικόςtechnical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining...
6Ancient Greekτέχνηcraft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile
7Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
8Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
9Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey-