Where does “myllytupa” come from?
myllytupa (Finnish) comes from Finnish tupa, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *tupa, from Icelandic stofa, from Old Norse stofa, from German stōve, from Old Saxon *stova, from Proto-West Germanic *stobu.
myllytupa (Finnish): a cottage by a mill
Definitions
- a cottage by a mill
Ancestry of “myllytupa”, step by step
myllytupa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tupa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tupa | living room, main room; cottage, cot; room |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *tupa | — |
| 3 | Icelandic | stofa | a living room; a classroom, a room |
| 4 | Old Norse | stofa | room, living room |
| 5 | German | stōve | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | *stova | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *stobu | — |
via Finnish mylly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mylly | mill; nine men's morris |
| 2 | Old Swedish | mylla | — |
| 3 | Latin | molīna | — |
| 4 | Latin | mola | millstone; mill; ground meal |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |