Where does “restaurointimaalaus” come from?
restaurointimaalaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish maalaus, from Finnish maalata, from Finnish maali, from Old Swedish māl, from Old Swedish māla, from Old Norse mála, from Middle Low German mālen, from Old Saxon *mālōn — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.
restaurointimaalaus (Finnish): restoration painting
Definitions
- restoration painting
Ancestry of “restaurointimaalaus”, step by step
restaurointimaalaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maalaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maalaus | painting |
| 2 | Finnish | maalata | to paint; to select, highlight; to score |
| 3 | Finnish | maali | paint; target; goal |
| 4 | Old Swedish | māl | measure, amount; sign |
| 5 | Old Swedish | māla | to paint |
| 6 | Old Norse | mála | to grind |
| 7 | Middle Low German | mālen | to draw, paint; to paint |
| 8 | Old Saxon | *mālōn | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | *mālēn | to paint |
| 10 | Proto-Albanian | melana | black |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-n- | dull black |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |
via Finnish restaurointi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | restaurointi | restoration |
| 2 | Finnish | restauroida | To restore building, painting etc. to its original condition |
| 3 | Latin | rēstaurō | to restore |
| 4 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *wre- | re-, more specifically |