Where does “metkuilu” come from?
metkuilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish metkuilla, from Finnish metku, from Finnish metka, from Russian метко, from Russian ме́ткий, from Russian ме́тить, from Proto-Slavic mĕtiti, from Proto-Balto-Slavic mḗˀdīˀtei — to measure; to give advice; healing.
metkuilu (Finnish): anticking, doing shenanigans
Definitions
- anticking, doing shenanigans
Ancestry of “metkuilu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | metkuilla | to do shenanigans, to antic |
| 2 | Finnish | metku | shenanigan |
| 3 | Finnish | metka | nice, pleasant |
| 4 | Russian | метко | accurately; keenly; pointedly, aptly |
| 5 | Russian | ме́ткий | well-aimed, sharp (shooter) |
| 6 | Russian | ме́тить | to mark, to aim; to mark, to label |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | mĕtiti | to measure |
| 8 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | mḗˀdīˀtei | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | med-éye-ti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |