Where does “maalipinnoitus” come from?
maalipinnoitus (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.
maalipinnoitus (Finnish): color coating
Definitions
- color coating
Ancestry of “maalipinnoitus”, step by step
maalipinnoitus 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 pinnoitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pinnoitus | coating, lining, plating covering with a coating of some material |
| 2 | Finnish | pinnoittaa | to coat, to plate, to apply a coating or surface;... |
| 3 | Finnish | pinna | spoke; tiller; sound post |
| 4 | Swedish | pinne | a stick; a short thin roughly cylindrical form of... |
| 5 | Old Norse | pinni | a pin |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | penn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | penna | wing; feather, especially a flight-feather;... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | petnā | feather; wing |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | péth₂r̥ | wing; feather |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peth₂- | to spread out; to fly |