Where does “muotihuone” come from?
muotihuone (Finnish) comes from Finnish muoti, from Swedish mod, from English mod, from English MAD, from Middle English mad, from Old English ġemǣd, from Proto-Germanic maidijaną, from Proto-Germanic maidaz — soft, tender, dear.
muotihuone (Finnish): fashion salon
Definitions
- fashion salon
Ancestry of “muotihuone”, step by step
muotihuone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muoti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muoti | vogue, fashion; vogue, fad |
| 2 | Swedish | mod | courage; feeling |
| 3 | English | mod | An unconventionally modern style of fashionable... |
| 4 | English | MAD | Initialism of mutually assured destruction;... |
| 5 | Middle English | mad | Mad, insane, deranged; not of sound mind;... |
| 6 | Old English | ġemǣd | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | maidijaną | to exchange, change |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | maidaz | hurt, wounded; mad, foolish; angry, enraged |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |