Where does “maali” come from?
maali (Finnish) comes 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, from Proto-Albanian melana, from Proto-Indo-European melh₂-n- — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
maali (Finnish): paint; target; goal
Definitions
- paint; target; goal
Ancestry of “maali”, step by step
maali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Swedish māl
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Swedish | māl | measure, amount; sign |
| 2 | Old Swedish | māla | to paint |
| 3 | Old Norse | mála | to grind |
| 4 | Middle Low German | mālen | to draw, paint; to paint |
| 5 | Old Saxon | *mālōn | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *mālēn | to paint |
| 7 | Proto-Albanian | melana | black |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-n- | dull black |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |
via Persian مالی
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Persian | مالی | financial |
| 2 | Arabic | مالي | financial; related to Mali |
| 3 | Sauraseni Prakrit | 𑀫𑀸𑀮𑀺 | — |
| 4 | Sanskrit | मालिन् | gardener, florist; garlanded, crowned, encircled... |
| 5 | Sanskrit | -इन् | possessing, showing possession, doer |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |