Where does “maanantai-iltapäivä” come from?
maanantai-iltapäivä (Finnish) comes from Finnish maanantai, from Old Swedish mānadagher, from Old Norse mánadagr, from Proto-Germanic *mānini dag, from Latin dies Lūnae, from Ancient Greek σελήνη, from Ancient Greek Σέλας — light, brightness, the bright flame or blaze of fire.
maanantai-iltapäivä (Finnish): Monday afternoon
Definitions
- Monday afternoon
Ancestry of “maanantai-iltapäivä”, step by step
maanantai-iltapäivä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maanantai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maanantai | Monday |
| 2 | Old Swedish | mānadagher | Monday |
| 3 | Old Norse | mánadagr | Monday |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *mānini dag | — |
| 5 | Latin | dies Lūnae | Monday |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | σελήνη | moon; month; a moon-shaped cake |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Σέλας | light, brightness, the bright flame or blaze of fire |
via Finnish iltapäivä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | iltapäivä | An afternoon, roughly the period between 12 noon... |
| 2 | Finnish | ilta | evening |
| 3 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |