Where does “pataässä” come from?
pataässä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pata, from Swedish spader, from German Spaten, from Dutch spatten, from Dutch -en, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
pataässä (Finnish): ace of spades
Definitions
- ace of spades
Ancestry of “pataässä”, step by step
pataässä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pata | cauldron; pot; typically one made of thick... |
| 2 | Swedish | spader | spade, spades |
| 3 | German | Spaten | spade |
| 4 | Dutch | spatten | to splatter, splash |
| 5 | Dutch | -en | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem... |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 7 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Finnish ässä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ässä | ess; ace |
| 2 | Swedish | ass | A-flat; an insured letter; Abbreviation of... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | es | — |
| 4 | Old French | as | a score of one on a die; second-person singular... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | *as | — |
| 6 | Latin | habes | second-person singular present active indicative... |
| 7 | Arabic | حَبَش | Abyssinian; Abysinnian |