Where does “muotileijona” come from?
muotileijona (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.
muotileijona (Finnish): dandy, clotheshorse
Definitions
- dandy, clotheshorse
Ancestry of “muotileijona”, step by step
muotileijona 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 |