Where does “nimistönhuolto” come from?
nimistönhuolto (Finnish) comes from Finnish huolto, from Finnish huoltaa, from Finnish huoli, from Proto-Finnic hooli, from Swedish hål, from Old Swedish hul, from Old Norse hól, from Proto-Germanic hulą — to cover; to incline.
nimistönhuolto (Finnish): the work done by a language authority on names, such as toponyms, including but not limited to documentation, normalization, education etc
Definitions
- the work done by a language authority on names, such as toponyms, including but not limited to documentation, normalization, education etc
Ancestry of “nimistönhuolto”, step by step
nimistönhuolto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish huolto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | huolto | service, maintenance, upkeep, care; logistics |
| 2 | Finnish | huoltaa | To maintain, support, upkeep; To service;... |
| 3 | Finnish | huoli | worry, concern; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | hooli | worry, concern |
| 5 | Swedish | hål | a hole; a hole, an opening in something solid; a... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | hul | — |
| 7 | Old Norse | hól | a hole |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulą | a hollow; depression; hole |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hulaz | hollow |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |