Where does “maalinedustapeli” come from?
maalinedustapeli (Finnish) comes from Finnish maalinedusta, 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.
Ancestry of “maalinedustapeli”, step by step
maalinedustapeli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maalinedusta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maalinedusta | the area in front of a goal, goal area |
| 2 | Finnish | maali | paint; target; goal |
| 3 | Old Swedish | māl | measure, amount; sign |
| 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 |