Where does “maalinpoisto” come from?
maalinpoisto (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.
maalinpoisto (Finnish): paint stripping, paint removal
Definitions
- paint stripping, paint removal
Ancestry of “maalinpoisto”, step by step
maalinpoisto 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 poisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | poisto | removal; deletion; depreciation |
| 2 | Finnish | poistaa | to remove; to delete; "~ tuotannosta, myynnistä,... |
| 3 | Finnish | pois | away, off; off; minus, take away |
| 4 | Finnish | poikki- | cross-, transverse |
| 5 | Finnish | poikki | broken into two or more pieces; off; exhausted,... |
| 6 | Finnish | poikitse | (Scattered/strewn) here and there, all over (the place), (all) spread out |
| 7 | Finnish | itse | oneself; used to emphasize the person of the head... |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | icek | self |
| 9 | Hebrew | יצחק | to laugh |