Where does “railolossi” come from?
railolossi (Finnish) comes from Finnish lössi, from German Löss, from Alemannic German lösch, from Old High German lōs, from Proto-West Germanic laus, from Proto-Germanic lausaz, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.
railolossi (Finnish): a cable ferry over an ice crevasse
Definitions
- a cable ferry over an ice crevasse
Ancestry of “railolossi”, step by step
railolossi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lössi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lössi | group of people; loess |
| 2 | German | Löss | loess |
| 3 | Alemannic German | lösch | loose; mild |
| 4 | Old High German | lōs | loose; free; lacking; sly, deceitful |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | laus | loose, free |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | lausaz | loose, free; empty, devoid; false, untrue |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | lewH- | louse |