Where does “manttelinperijä” come from?
manttelinperijä (Finnish) comes from Finnish mantteli, from German Mantel, from Middle High German mantel, from Old High German mantal, from Latin mantēllum, from Latin mantum, from Gaulish mantos, from Proto-Celtic mantos — tread, press together; crumble.
manttelinperijä (Finnish): heir apparent, successor
Definitions
- heir apparent, successor
Ancestry of “manttelinperijä”, step by step
manttelinperijä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mantteli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mantteli | overcoat, greatcoat |
| 2 | German | Mantel | mantle; coat |
| 3 | Middle High German | mantel | — |
| 4 | Old High German | mantal | — |
| 5 | Latin | mantēllum | — |
| 6 | Latin | mantum | a Spanish cloak |
| 7 | Gaulish | mantos | — |
| 8 | Proto-Celtic | mantos | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | menH- | tread, press together; crumble |
via Finnish perijä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | perijä | heir |
| 2 | Finnish | periä | to inherit; to exact, tariff, dun; Partitive... |
| 3 | Finnish | perätä | to dun, question, try to find out; especially in... |
| 4 | Finnish | perä | rear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side... |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | perä | — |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | *perä | hindquarters, back part of something |