Where does “rillipää” come from?
rillipää (Finnish) comes from Finnish rilli, from Finnish rillit, from Swedish brillor, from Finnish brilla, from Swedish beryll, from Latin bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος, from Prakrit विरलायते — white town.
rillipää (Finnish): four-eyes person with eyeglasses
Definitions
- four-eyes person with eyeglasses
Ancestry of “rillipää”, step by step
rillipää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rilli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rilli | white-eye |
| 2 | Finnish | rillit | glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles; Zosteropidae;... |
| 3 | Swedish | brillor | spectacles |
| 4 | Finnish | brilla | — |
| 5 | Swedish | beryll | beryl |
| 6 | Latin | bēryllus | beryl |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βήρυλλος | beryl |
| 8 | Prakrit | विरलायते | — |
| 9 | Sanskrit | वैडूर्य | cat's eye; a jewel; anything excellent of its... |
| 10 | Pali | veḷuriya | lapis lazuli, a precious stone |
| 11 | Pali | veḷur | white town |