Where does “mallitilkku” come from?

mallitilkku (Finnish) comes from Finnish malli, from Swedish mall, from Dutch mal, from Old French mole, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

mallitilkku (Finnish): swatch sample made of knitted fabric

Definitions

  1. swatch sample made of knitted fabric

Ancestry of “mallitilkku”, step by step

mallitilkku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish malli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmallimodel, template; model, mannequin; example, a...
2Swedishmalla template
3Dutchmalmold, cast; foolish, crazy, lacking common sense
4Old Frenchmole
5Latinmodulusa small measure or interval; a module; a water...
6Latin-ulusUsed to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating...
7Proto-Italic-olos
8Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
9Proto-Indo-European-e-lós
10Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

via Finnish tilkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishtilkkuA piece of textile; patch, clout, swatch
2Ingrian-uUsed to form nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lósEvery word from Latin -ulusEvery word from Latin modulus