Where does “mikittää” come from?
mikittää (Finnish) comes from Finnish mikki, from Finnish mikrofoni, from Swedish mikrofon, from English microphone, from English phone, from English telephone, from French téléphone, from French télé- — whale, sea monster; abyss.
mikittää (Finnish): to mike
Definitions
- to mike
Ancestry of “mikittää”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mikki | mic, mike |
| 2 | Finnish | mikrofoni | microphone |
| 3 | Swedish | mikrofon | microphone |
| 4 | English | microphone | A device used to convert sound waves into a... |
| 5 | English | phone | A device for transmitting conversations and other... |
| 6 | English | telephone | A telecommunication device used for two-way... |
| 7 | French | téléphone | telephone; first-person singular present... |
| 8 | French | télé- | tele- |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | τῆλε | far off, afar, far away |
| 10 | Latin | commūnicāre | — |
| 11 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 12 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 19 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 20 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |