Where does “meikätyttö” come from?
meikätyttö (Finnish) comes from Finnish tyttö, from Finnish tytär, from Proto-Finnic tüt'är, from Proto-Balto-Slavic duktḗ, from Proto-Indo-European dʰugh₂tḗr, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewgʰ- — to produce, to produce something useful; to be...
Ancestry of “meikätyttö”, step by step
meikätyttö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tyttö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tyttö | girl; Synonym of tytär |
| 2 | Finnish | tytär | daughter |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tüt'är | daughter |
| 4 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | duktḗ | daughter |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰugh₂tḗr | daughter |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewgʰ- | to produce, to produce something useful; to be... |
via Finnish meikä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | meikä | — |
| 2 | Finnish | meikäläinen | one of us; I; used sometimes in speech to express... |
| 3 | Finnish | me | we |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | *mek | — |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | me | we |