Where does “mikälie” come from?
mikälie (Finnish) comes from Finnish mikä, from Finnish Mikael, from Latin Michāēl, from Latin Michahel, from Greek Μιχαήλ, from Ancient Greek Μιχαήλ, from Hebrew מיכאל, from Hebrew אֵל.
mikälie (Finnish): A fill-in interrogative with little informative...
Definitions
- A fill-in interrogative with little informative...
Ancestry of “mikälie”, step by step
mikälie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mikä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mikä | which, what; whatever; which, that, what |
| 2 | Finnish | Mikael | Michael |
| 3 | Latin | Michāēl | — |
| 4 | Latin | Michahel | — |
| 5 | Greek | Μιχαήλ | the Archangel Michael |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Μιχαήλ | — |
| 7 | Hebrew | מיכאל | who is like God? |
| 8 | Hebrew | אֵל | a God; God, deity; god, God |
| 9 | Hebrew | שמואל | — |
| 10 | Hebrew | שְׁמוּאֵל | — |
via Finnish lie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lie | third-person singular potential present of olla |