Where does “ruiskumaalata” come from?

ruiskumaalata (Finnish) comes 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, from Proto-West Germanic *mālēn — to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange.

ruiskumaalata (Finnish): to spray paint

Definitions

  1. to spray paint

Ancestry of “ruiskumaalata”, step by step

ruiskumaalata traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish maalata

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmaalatato paint; to select, highlight; to score
2Finnishmaalipaint; target; goal
3Old Swedishmālmeasure, amount; sign
4Old Swedishmālato paint
5Old Norsemálato grind
6Middle Low Germanmālento draw, paint; to paint
7Old Saxon*mālōn—
8Proto-West Germanic*mālēnto paint
9Proto-Albanianmelanablack
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-n-dull black
11Proto-Indo-Europeanmelh₂-to grind, to crush
12Proto-Indo-Europeanmel-soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub
13Proto-Indo-Europeanmey-to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange

via Finnish ruisku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishruiskusprayer, squirt, douche; syringe
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European mey- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European mel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European melh₂- →