Where does “malmiesiintymä” come from?
malmiesiintymä (Finnish) comes from Finnish esiintymä, from Finnish esiintyä, from Finnish esiin, from Finnish esi-, from Proto-Finnic eci, from Albanian *etës, from Proto-Albanian *aitatja, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éyti — to go.
malmiesiintymä (Finnish): ore deposit
Definitions
- ore deposit
Ancestry of “malmiesiintymä”, step by step
malmiesiintymä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish esiintymä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | esiintymä | deposit, occurrence, attestation |
| 2 | Finnish | esiintyä | to appear, put in/make an appearance, show up,... |
| 3 | Finnish | esiin | out (of hiding), in the open, into sight |
| 4 | Finnish | esi- | pre-, fore- |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | eci | before; in front |
| 6 | Albanian | *etës | — |
| 7 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |
via Finnish malmi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | malmi | ore |
| 2 | Swedish | malm | ore; an alloy consisting of copper, zinc, lead... |
| 3 | Old Norse | malmr | ore, metal |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | malmaz | sand; ore |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |