Where does “mitalisarja” come from?

mitalisarja (Finnish) comes from Finnish mitali, from Swedish medalj, from French médaille, from Italian medaglia, from Medieval Latin medalia, from Latin medialia, from Latin medialis, from Latin medius — to put, to place; to locate.

mitalisarja (Finnish): set of medals

Definitions

  1. set of medals

Ancestry of “mitalisarja”, step by step

mitalisarja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish mitali

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmitalimedal
2Swedishmedalja medal
3Frenchmédaillemedal
4Italianmedagliamedal; third-person singular present indicative...
5Medieval Latinmedaliahalf a denarius
6Latinmedialianominative neuter plural of mediālis; accusative...
7Latinmedialismedial; of or belonging to the middle
8Latinmediusmiddle; half; moderate
9Latinlocusplace, spot; a passage of literature; "in the...
10Old Latinstlocus
11Proto-Italicstlokos
12Proto-Indo-Europeanstel-to put, to place; to locate

via Finnish sarja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsarjaseries; chain, sequence, succession, train; set
2Proto-Finnicsarjarow of laths or battens; a board made of laths
3Proto-Finno-Permicśarjalath, batten, bar
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stel-Every word from Proto-Italic stlokosEvery word from Old Latin stlocus