Where does “niminovelli” come from?
niminovelli (Finnish) comes from Finnish novelli, from Swedish novell, from Latin novellus, from Latin -ellus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
niminovelli (Finnish): titular short story; the short story after which the collection of short stories it belongs to is named after
Definitions
- titular short story; the short story after which the collection of short stories it belongs to is named after
Ancestry of “niminovelli”, step by step
niminovelli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish novelli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | novelli | short story |
| 2 | Swedish | novell | short story, a work of fiction which is shorter... |
| 3 | Latin | novellus | new, young, fresh; novel, newly made |
| 4 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 5 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |