Where does “orimattilainen” come from?
orimattilainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish Orimattila, from Finnish Mattila, from Finnish matti, from Finnish Matias, from Latin Matthiās, from Ancient Greek Ματθίας, from Ancient Greek Ματταθίας, from Hebrew מַתִּתְיָהוּ — to be, to become, to fall, to happen.
Ancestry of “orimattilainen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Orimattila | — |
| 2 | Finnish | Mattila | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 3 | Finnish | matti | checkmate; State of being absolutely sure; State... |
| 4 | Finnish | Matias | Matthias |
| 5 | Latin | Matthiās | Saint Matthias the |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ματθίας | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ματταθίας | Mattathias |
| 8 | Hebrew | מַתִּתְיָהוּ | — |
| 9 | Hebrew | יהוה | YHWH, Yahweh, Jehovah; God; Yahweh |
| 10 | Proto-Semitic | *haway- | to be, to become, to fall, to happen |