Where does “novellikirjailija” come from?
novellikirjailija (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.
novellikirjailija (Finnish): short story writer, short story author
Definitions
- short story writer, short story author
Ancestry of “novellikirjailija”, step by step
novellikirjailija 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 |
via Finnish kirjailija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjailija | author, writer |
| 2 | Finnish | kirjailla | to embroider; to write a book or books |
| 3 | Finnish | kirjata | to book, log, register; to register |
| 4 | Finnish | kirja | book; quire |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | kirja | decoration, carving, pattern |