Where does “rallattaa” come from?
rallattaa (Finnish) comes from Swedish tralla, from English trolley, from English -ey, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz — -y, -ic.
Ancestry of “rallattaa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tralla | to sing a (happy) melody, replacing the words with sequences of sounds like "tra-la-la" |
| 2 | English | trolley | A cart or shopping cart; a shopping trolley; A... |
| 3 | English | -ey | Alternative form of -y; Alternative form of -ie |
| 4 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 5 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 6 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |