Where does “poskivalssi” come from?
poskivalssi (Finnish) comes from Finnish valssi, from Russian вальс, from French valse, from German Walzer, from German -er, from Old High German -āri, from Proto-West Germanic -ārī, from Proto-Germanic -ārijaz — Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals).
poskivalssi (Finnish): waltzing cheek to cheek
Definitions
- waltzing cheek to cheek
Ancestry of “poskivalssi”, step by step
poskivalssi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish valssi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valssi | waltz; roll |
| 2 | Russian | вальс | waltz |
| 3 | French | valse | waltz; inflection of valser: ##... |
| 4 | German | Walzer | waltz |
| 5 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 6 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 9 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |