Where does “novellitaide” come from?
novellitaide (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.
novellitaide (Finnish): short stories as an art form
Definitions
- short stories as an art form
Ancestry of “novellitaide”, step by step
novellitaide 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 |