Where does “mittely” come from?

mittely (Finnish) comes from Finnish mitellä, 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.

mittely (Finnish): competing, sizing up

Definitions

  1. competing, sizing up

Ancestry of “mittely”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmitelläto compete
2Latinmitella(small) headband, turban
3Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
4Proto-Italic-elosForms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns
5Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
6Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots

Words derived from “mittely”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -lós →Every word from Latin -lus →Every word from Latin mitella →