Where does “maalitehtailija” come from?
maalitehtailija (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.
maalitehtailija (Finnish): good goal-scorer
Definitions
- good goal-scorer
Ancestry of “maalitehtailija”, step by step
maalitehtailija 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 tehtailija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tehtailija | industrialist |
| 2 | Finnish | tehtailla | to manufacture or fabricate in large numbers;... |
| 3 | Finnish | tehdas | factory; mill |
| 4 | Finnish | tehdä | to do, perform, execute; to make, manufacture; to... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | tektäk | to do; to make |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | teke- | to do; to put, to place |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰeh₁- | to do, put, place |