Where does “peittaväri” come from?
peittaväri (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.
peittaväri (Finnish): mordant dye
Definitions
- mordant dye
Ancestry of “peittaväri”, step by step
peittaväri 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 |
via Finnish väri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | väri | color; flush |
| 2 | Swedish | färg | color; the spectral composition of visible light;... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | færgha | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | verwe | Alternative form of varwe; color, paint |
| 5 | Old Saxon | farwi | colour |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | faru | color; appearance; journey |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | farwō | colour |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |