Where does “ovaali” come from?

ovaali (Finnish) comes from Late Latin ovalis, from Latin ōvum, from Latin -ātus, from Proto-Italic -ātos, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.

ovaali (Finnish): oval

Definitions

  1. oval

Ancestry of “ovaali”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late LatinovalisOf or pertaining to an ovation
2Latinōvumegg
3Latin-ātused
4Proto-Italic-ātos—
5Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “ovaali”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin ōvum →