Where does “räätälinliitu” come from?

räätälinliitu (Finnish) comes from Finnish liitu, from Swedish klita, from Middle Low German krite, from Latin Crēta, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

räätälinliitu (Finnish): tailor's chalk

Definitions

  1. tailor's chalk

Ancestry of “räätälinliitu”, step by step

räätälinliitu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish liitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishliituchalk
2Swedishklitachalk
3Middle Low Germankrite
4LatinCrētachalk
5Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
6Latin-āxish, -y
7Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Finnish räätäli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishräätälitailor; tailorbird
2Swedishskräddarea tailor
3Swedish-areRegular construction of comparative: ful →...
4Old Swedish-area suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs; such as væriare, from væria
5Old Norse-aria suffix used to create agent nouns from verbs;...
6Latin-āriuser
7Proto-Italic*-āziosForms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius