Where does “mustalaispriimas” come from?
mustalaispriimas (Finnish) comes from Finnish mustalainen, from Finnish -läinen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
Ancestry of “mustalaispriimas”, step by step
mustalaispriimas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish mustalainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mustalainen | gypsy |
| 2 | Finnish | -läinen | Front vowel variant of -lainen |
| 3 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 4 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 8 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 9 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 10 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 12 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via Finnish priimas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | priimas | primate rare title for archbishop in Catholic and Anglican church |
| 2 | Latin | prīmās | one of the first or principal, chief, excellent, noble; alternative form of prīmus |
| 3 | Latin | -ās | Used to form gentilic adjectives with the meaning "of/from" a country or place |
| 4 | Latin | -ātis | first conjugation |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |