Where does “päätykoriste” come from?
päätykoriste (Finnish) comes from Finnish pääty, from Finnish päätyä, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from Spanish tú, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz — to be able.
päätykoriste (Finnish): finial
Definitions
- finial
Ancestry of “päätykoriste”, step by step
päätykoriste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pääty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pääty | end; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | päätyä | to end up (somewhere) arrive at a destination, either physical or abstract |
| 3 | Finnish | -tua | Forms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs... |
| 4 | Ido | tu | you singular, thou |
| 5 | Spanish | tú | you; thou |
| 6 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 7 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 8 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 9 | Polish | tu | here |
| 10 | Polish | być | to be |
| 11 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 12 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 13 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
via Finnish koriste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koriste | decoration, ornament |
| 2 | Finnish | koristaa | To decorate, to adorn, to embellish; To festoon;... |
| 3 | Finnish | korea | beautiful, decorated; Korean; chorea |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | χορεία | dance, especially choral dance with music; any... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -είᾱ | Superficially appears in abstract nouns derived from σ-stem adjectives, with the true suffix being |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |