Where does “pohjoisfriisi” come from?
pohjoisfriisi (Finnish) comes from Finnish friisi, from Swedish fris, from French Frise, from Middle French frise, from Italian fris, from Medieval Latin frisum, from Latin frigium, from Arabic إِفْرِيز — to push, to stick.
pohjoisfriisi (Finnish): North Frisian
Definitions
- North Frisian
Ancestry of “pohjoisfriisi”, step by step
pohjoisfriisi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish friisi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | friisi | frieze; Frisian; West Frisian |
| 2 | Swedish | fris | a frieze |
| 3 | French | Frise | — |
| 4 | Middle French | frise | — |
| 5 | Italian | fris | — |
| 6 | Medieval Latin | frisum | — |
| 7 | Latin | frigium | — |
| 8 | Arabic | إِفْرِيز | king beam, cornice |
| 9 | Classical Syriac | ܦܪܝܙܘܡܐ | — |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | περίζωμα | A loincloth worn around the waist |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | περῐ- | around; very; round about |
| 12 | New Latin | helium | helium |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |