Where does “maalikaukalo” come from?
maalikaukalo (Finnish) comes 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, from Proto-Albanian melana — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
maalikaukalo (Finnish): paint tray
Definitions
- paint tray
Ancestry of “maalikaukalo”, step by step
maalikaukalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maali | paint; target; goal |
| 2 | Old Swedish | māl | measure, amount; sign |
| 3 | Old Swedish | māla | to paint |
| 4 | Old Norse | mála | to grind |
| 5 | Middle Low German | mālen | to draw, paint; to paint |
| 6 | Old Saxon | *mālōn | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *mālēn | to paint |
| 8 | Proto-Albanian | melana | black |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-n- | dull black |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |
via Finnish kaukalo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaukalo | trough, manger; trough; rink |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kaukalo | trough |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kauka | — |
| 4 | English | doctor | A physician; a member of the medical profession;... |
| 5 | Middle English | doctour | doctor |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | doctour | Alternative spelling of doctur |
| 7 | Latin | doctor | teacher, instructor; catechist |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |