Where does “palettivälskäri” come from?
palettivälskäri (Finnish) comes from Finnish paletti, from French palette, from French pâle, from Old French pale, from Latin pallidus, from Latin -idus, from Proto-Italic *-iðos.
palettivälskäri (Finnish): regal tang, palette surgeonfish, royal blue tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)
Definitions
- regal tang, palette surgeonfish, royal blue tang (Paracanthurus hepatus)
Ancestry of “palettivälskäri”, step by step
palettivälskäri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish paletti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paletti | palette |
| 2 | French | palette | palette |
| 3 | French | pâle | pale |
| 4 | Old French | pale | pale, whitish or having little color |
| 5 | Latin | pallidus | pale, pallid, wan; that makes or causes a pale... |
| 6 | Latin | -idus | tending to |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *-iðos | — |
via Finnish välskäri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | välskäri | barber surgeon, army surgeon; tang, surgeonfish,... |
| 2 | Swedish | fältskär | field surgery |
| 3 | German | feldscher | barber surgeon, field surgeon |
| 4 | German | feldscherer | — |