Where does “muukalaispassi” come from?
muukalaispassi (Finnish) comes from Finnish muukalainen, from Finnish -kalainen, from Finnish -läinen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
muukalaispassi (Finnish): alien's passport
Definitions
- alien's passport
Ancestry of “muukalaispassi”, step by step
muukalaispassi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muukalainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muukalainen | stranger; alien |
| 2 | Finnish | -kalainen | Forms some adjectives, primarily with a demonymic meaning, from monosyllabic stems |
| 3 | Finnish | -läinen | Front vowel variant of -lainen |
| 4 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 5 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 9 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 10 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 12 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 13 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via Finnish pässi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pässi | A ram; A stubborn person |
| 2 | Swedish | pass | passport; place which you pass or is passing;... |
| 3 | German | Paß | pass, mountain pass |
| 4 | French | passeport | passport |
| 5 | French | port | port, harbour; port, harbour city; refuge |
| 6 | French | porter | to carry; to support, to bear; to wear |
| 7 | English | porter | A person who carries luggage and related objects;... |
| 8 | Middle English | porter | gatekeeper, doorkeeper |
| 9 | Old French | portour | carrier; bearer |
| 10 | Old French | porter | to carry; to carry a child |
| 11 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 12 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 13 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |