Where does “mitellä” come from?
mitellä (Finnish) comes from Latin mitella, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
mitellä (Finnish): to compete
Definitions
- to compete
Ancestry of “mitellä”, step by step
mitellä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin mitella
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | mitella | (small) headband, turban |
| 2 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Finnish mitta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mitta | measure; length, measure |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | mitta | measure |
via Ingrian mitta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ingrian | mitta | measure |