Where does “napinläpisilkki” come from?
napinläpisilkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish silkki, from Old Swedish silke, from Old Norse silki, from Latin sēricum, from English serigraph, from Latin sericum, from Latin sericus, from Latin -icus — -y, -ic.
napinläpisilkki (Finnish): buttonhole silk, buttonhole silk thread fine silk thread suitable for sewing fancy buttonholes
Definitions
- buttonhole silk, buttonhole silk thread fine silk thread suitable for sewing fancy buttonholes
Ancestry of “napinläpisilkki”, step by step
napinläpisilkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish silkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | silkki | silk |
| 2 | Old Swedish | silke | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | silki | silk |
| 4 | Latin | sēricum | Chinese goods, but especially silk |
| 5 | English | serigraph | a silkscreen print made by serigraphy; an... |
| 6 | Latin | sericum | Chinese goods, but especially silk |
| 7 | Latin | sericus | Of or pertaining to the Seres or the Chinese;... |
| 8 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Finnish napinläpi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | napinläpi | buttonhole |
| 2 | Finnish | läpi | hole window, shutter, door; mouth, hole; through |
| 3 | Tagalog | lapi | joining or attaching a part to a whole; affix |
| 4 | Spanish | lápiz | pencil |
| 5 | Italian | lapis | pencil; sanguine |
| 6 | Latin | lapis | a stone; a milestone; a boundary stone |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *lapets | stone |