Where does “romaniankielinen” come from?
romaniankielinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish Romania, from Romanian România, from Romanian român, from French roman, from Old French romanz, from Latin rōmānicē, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis- — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
romaniankielinen (Finnish): in the Romanian language
Definitions
- in the Romanian language
Ancestry of “romaniankielinen”, step by step
romaniankielinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Romania
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Romania | The Romanian language |
| 2 | Romanian | România | — |
| 3 | Romanian | român | Romanian; Romanian man |
| 4 | French | roman | Romance; romanesque; A novel |
| 5 | Old French | romanz | Old French; a story in Old French; account |
| 6 | Latin | rōmānicē | in the Roman manner |
| 7 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |