Where does “pelimoraali” come from?
pelimoraali (Finnish) comes from Finnish moraali, from Swedish moral, from German Moral, from German -īn, from Latin -īnus, from Proto-Italic -īnos, from Proto-Indo-European -iHnos, from Proto-Indo-European -no- — adjectival suffix.
pelimoraali (Finnish): spirit of the game
Definitions
- spirit of the game
Ancestry of “pelimoraali”, step by step
pelimoraali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish moraali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | moraali | Morals; Moral; Morale |
| 2 | Swedish | moral | morale, character; moral, moral practices,... |
| 3 | German | Moral | moral, morality; morale |
| 4 | German | -īn | creates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |