Where does “roolipelihahmo” come from?

roolipelihahmo (Finnish) comes from Finnish roolipeli, from Finnish rooli, from German rolle, from French rôle, from Middle French rolle, from Old French role, from Medieval Latin rotulus, from Latin rotula — ingot.

roolipelihahmo (Finnish): roleplay character

Definitions

  1. roleplay character

Ancestry of “roolipelihahmo”, step by step

roolipelihahmo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish roolipeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishroolipelirole-playing game
2Finnishroolirole
3Germanrolleinflection of rollen: ## first-person singular...
4Frenchrôlerole; character
5Middle Frenchrollerole
6Old Frenchroleroll; scroll
7Medieval Latinrotulusa roll, list, catalogue, schedule, record, a...
8Latinrotulaa small wheel; roll
9Arabicرَطْل—
10Classical Syriacܪܝܛܠܐ—
11Classical Syriacܠܝܛܪܐlibra, pound
12Frenchlitrelitre
13Medieval Latinlitra—
14Ancient Greekλίτραlitra, a Sicilian silver coin; libra, a unit of...
15Proto-Italic*līðrāingot

via Finnish hahmo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhahmoshape; figure; character
2Finnishhaamughost, spirit; shadow
3Proto-Finnichaama—
4Proto-Finno-Permicšamɜ—
Every word from Proto-Italic *līðrā →Every word from Ancient Greek λίτρα →Every word from Medieval Latin litra →