Where does “mallinnus” come from?
mallinnus (Finnish) comes from Finnish mallintaa, from Finnish malli, from Swedish mall, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
mallinnus (Finnish): modeling
Definitions
- modeling
Ancestry of “mallinnus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mallintaa | to model; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Finnish | malli | model, template; model, mannequin; example, a... |
| 3 | Swedish | mall | a template |
| 4 | Dutch | mal | mold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense |
| 5 | Old French | mole | — |
| 6 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 7 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |