Where does “pensseli” come from?

pensseli (Finnish) comes from Swedish pensel, from Old French pincil, from Latin pēniculus, from Latin -culus, from Proto-Italic *-kelos — Diminutive suffix.

pensseli (Finnish): paintbrush

Definitions

  1. paintbrush

Ancestry of “pensseli”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishpenselpaintbrush
2Old Frenchpincil
3Latinpēniculus
4Latin-culusAlternative form of -ulus; added to a noun to...
5Proto-Italic*-kelosDiminutive suffix

Words derived from “pensseli

Every word from Proto-Italic *-kelosEvery word from Latin -culusEvery word from Latin pēniculus
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