Where does “peitta-aine” come from?
peitta-aine (Finnish) comes from Finnish peitta, from Swedish beta, from Swedish bete, from Swedish be, from Swedish bedja, from Portuguese velha, from Portuguese velho, from Old Portuguese velho — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
peitta-aine (Finnish): mordant
Definitions
- mordant
Ancestry of “peitta-aine”, step by step
peitta-aine traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish peitta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | peitta | mordant |
| 2 | Swedish | beta | beta; the Greek letter Β, β; a beta version of a... |
| 3 | Swedish | bete | bait; what an animal eats when grazing; tusk |
| 4 | Swedish | be | to ask for, request someone else to do something;... |
| 5 | Swedish | bedja | Dated form of be |
| 6 | Portuguese | velha | feminine singular of velho; female equivalent of... |
| 7 | Portuguese | velho | old; ancient; old; aged; old |
| 8 | Old Portuguese | velho | — |
| 9 | Late Latin | veclus | — |
| 10 | Latin | vetulus | old; little old, poor old; old man; little old... |
| 11 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |