Where does “meikkisivellin” come from?

meikkisivellin (Finnish) comes from Finnish meikki, from English make, from Middle English make, from Middle English maken, from Old English macian, from Emilian mâcia, from Latin Macula, from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂ — smear, rub.

meikkisivellin (Finnish): makeup brush

Definitions

  1. makeup brush

Ancestry of “meikkisivellin”, step by step

meikkisivellin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish meikki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmeikkimakeup
2EnglishmakeTo create; To behave, to act; To tend; to...
3Middle EnglishmakeAlternative form of maken; easy
4Middle EnglishmakenTo make or create; to have something made
5Old Englishmacianto make
6Emilianmâciaspot, stain
7LatinMacula—
8Proto-Indo-Europeansmh₁-tleh₂—
9Proto-Indo-Europeansmeh₁-smear, rub

via Finnish sivellin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsivellinpaintbrush
2Finnishsivelläto paint; to spread; to stroke
3Finnish-ellaForms . The resulting verb often describes a more...
4Proto-Finnic-eldakForms frequentative verbs
5Proto-Uralic-le-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smeh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European smh₁-tleh₂ →Every word from Latin Macula →