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Where does “melankolisesti” come from?

melankolisesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish melankolinen, from Ancient Greek μελαγχολία, from Ancient Greek μελάγχολος, from Ancient Greek χόλος, from Ancient Greek χολή, from Proto-Hellenic kʰolā́, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰolh₃-éh₂, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰelh₃- — to flourish; green, yellow.

melankolisesti (Finnish): melancholically

Definitions

  1. melancholically

Ancestry of “melankolisesti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmelankolinenmelancholy
2Ancient Greekμελαγχολίαmelancholy, atrabiliousness
3Ancient Greekμελάγχολοςdipped in black bile
4Ancient Greekχόλος—
5Ancient Greekχολήgall, bile; gall bladder; bitterness, wrath,...
6Proto-Hellenickʰolā́gall, bile
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰolh₃-éh₂—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰelh₃-to flourish; green, yellow
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