Where does “matto” come from?
matto (Finnish) comes from Swedish mätta, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
matto (Finnish): carpet, mat, rug; mat; mat, blasting mat
Definitions
- carpet, mat, rug; mat; mat, blasting mat
Ancestry of “matto”, step by step
matto traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish mätta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | mätta | to feed, to fill, to make full, to saturate |
| 2 | Swedish | a | from |
| 3 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 4 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 5 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 7 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |
via Finnish matti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | matti | checkmate; State of being absolutely sure; State... |
| 2 | Finnish | Matias | Matthias |
| 3 | Latin | Matthiās | Saint Matthias the |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Ματθίας | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Ματταθίας | Mattathias |
| 6 | Hebrew | מַתִּתְיָהוּ | — |
| 7 | Hebrew | יהוה | YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh |
| 8 | Proto-Semitic | *haway- | to be, to become, to fall, to happen |
via Finnish mättää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mättää | to shovel; to pack; to eat |