Where does “olotila” come from?
olotila (Finnish) comes from Finnish tila, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
olotila (Finnish): state, condition
Ancestry of “olotila”, step by step
olotila traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tila
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tila | state; condition; Short for maatila |
| 2 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 3 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish olo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | olo | being, the action of the verb olla; feeling,... |
| 2 | Finnish | olla | to be; to be, constitute, make up, form; to have;... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | oldak | to be |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | wole- | to be, become; be, will be |