Where does “postinlajittelija” come from?
postinlajittelija (Finnish) comes from Finnish lajittelija, from Finnish lajitella, from Finnish lajittaa, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
postinlajittelija (Finnish): mail sorter
Definitions
- mail sorter
Ancestry of “postinlajittelija”, step by step
postinlajittelija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lajittelija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lajittelija | A sorter, classifier, distributor |
| 2 | Finnish | lajitella | to sort; to classify, categorize; to size |
| 3 | Finnish | lajittaa | Alternative form of lajitella |
| 4 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 5 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 9 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 10 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 12 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 13 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via Finnish posti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | posti | post, postal service; post office; mail |
| 2 | Swedish | post | postal office; an organization delivering mail... |
| 3 | German | posten | to post; inflection of posen: ##... |
| 4 | English | post | A long dowel or plank protruding from the ground;... |
| 5 | Middle French | poste | — |
| 6 | Italian | posta | mail, post; post office; stakes |
| 7 | Latin | probāre | — |
| 8 | Latin | probō | to approve, permit, commend |
| 9 | Latin | Probus | good, serviceable, excellent, superior, able |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro-bhwo- | being in front, prominent |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |