Where does “miellyttämisenhalu” come from?

miellyttämisenhalu (Finnish) comes from Finnish miellyttäminen, from Finnish miellyttää, from Finnish mieltyä, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.

miellyttämisenhalu (Finnish): desire to please, eagerness to please

Definitions

  1. desire to please, eagerness to please

Ancestry of “miellyttämisenhalu”, step by step

miellyttämisenhalu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish miellyttäminen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiellyttäminen—
2FinnishmiellyttääTo please
3Finnishmieltyäto take to, to grow fond of, to become attached...
4Finnish-tuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
5Idotuyou singular, thou
6EnglishthouNominative singular of ye; To address using the...
7EnglishthousandA numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10
8Middle EnglishthousendA thousand; 1000
9Old Englishþūsendthousand
10Proto-West Germanicþūsundithousand
11Proto-Germanicþūsundīa thousand
12Proto-Indo-EuropeantuHsont-thousand
13Proto-Indo-Europeantewh₂-to swell; to crowd; to be strong

via Finnish halu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhaludesire; urge, itch
2Finnishhalatato hug, embrace; to want
3Proto-Germanichalōnąto call, appoint, summon; to fetch, get
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱelh₁-to warm up, to be hot; to warm up, be hot

Words derived from “miellyttämisenhalu”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂- →Every word from Finnish -tua →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tuHsont- →