Where does “puuvillatrikoo” come from?
puuvillatrikoo (Finnish) comes from Finnish trikoo, from French tricot, from French tricoter, from Middle French tricoter, from Old French tricoter, from Old French trique, from Old French estrique, from Middle Dutch strîken — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
puuvillatrikoo (Finnish): cotton leotard
Definitions
- cotton leotard
Ancestry of “puuvillatrikoo”, step by step
puuvillatrikoo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish trikoo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | trikoo | tricot fabric |
| 2 | French | tricot | knitting; sweater, jumper; sea krait |
| 3 | French | tricoter | to knit |
| 4 | Middle French | tricoter | — |
| 5 | Old French | tricoter | to beat with sticks |
| 6 | Old French | trique | stick, game played with sticks |
| 7 | Old French | estrique | baton; stick; beam |
| 8 | Middle Dutch | strîken | to stroke, to pass (something) over gently |
| 9 | Old Saxon | strikan | to stroke |
| 10 | Frankish | strīkan | to move or pass one thing over another, strike;... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | strīkaną | to stroke, to rub |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |
via Finnish puuvilla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | puuvilla | cotton |
| 2 | Finnish | villa | wool; villa |
| 3 | Finnish | Vilhelm | William of foreign historical persons |
| 4 | Swedish | Vilhelm | — |
| 5 | Old High German | Willahelm | William |
| 6 | Old High German | helm | helmet |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | helm | helmet |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |