Where does “meitsie” come from?
meitsie (Finnish) comes from Finnish selfie, from English selfie, from English Self, from Middle English salve, from Old English sealf, from Proto-West Germanic salbu, from Proto-Germanic salbō, from Proto-Indo-European solp-éh₂ — fat, oil.
meitsie (Finnish): Synonym of selfie
Definitions
- Synonym of selfie
Ancestry of “meitsie”, step by step
meitsie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish selfie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | selfie | selfie |
| 2 | English | selfie | A photographic self-portrait, especially one... |
| 3 | English | Self | Himself, herself, itself, themself, themselves; that specific (person mentioned) |
| 4 | Middle English | salve | Alternative form of sauf |
| 5 | Old English | sealf | salve |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | salbu | salve, ointment |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | salbō | salve, ointment |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | solp-éh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | selp- | fat, oil |
via Finnish meitsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | meitsi | I, me |
| 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 |