Where does “rillipäinen” come from?
rillipäinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish rillipää, from Finnish rilli, from Finnish rillit, from Swedish brillor, from Finnish brilla, from Swedish beryll, from Latin bēryllus, from Ancient Greek βήρυλλος — white town.
rillipäinen (Finnish): eyeglass-wearing; that is wearing eyeglasses or glasses
Definitions
- eyeglass-wearing; that is wearing eyeglasses or glasses
Ancestry of “rillipäinen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rillipää | four-eyes person with eyeglasses |
| 2 | Finnish | rilli | white-eye |
| 3 | Finnish | rillit | glasses, eyeglasses, spectacles; Zosteropidae;... |
| 4 | Swedish | brillor | spectacles |
| 5 | Finnish | brilla | — |
| 6 | Swedish | beryll | beryl |
| 7 | Latin | bēryllus | beryl |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βήρυλλος | beryl |
| 9 | Prakrit | विरलायते | — |
| 10 | Sanskrit | वैडूर्य | cat's eye; a jewel; anything excellent of its... |
| 11 | Pali | veḷuriya | lapis lazuli, a precious stone |
| 12 | Pali | veḷur | white town |