Where does “palettiveitsi” come from?
palettiveitsi (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.
palettiveitsi (Finnish): palette knife
Ancestry of “palettiveitsi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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 | — |