Where does “runnella” come from?

runnella (Finnish) comes from Finnish ellä, from Finnish Elina, from Finnish Helena, from Swedish Helena, from Ancient Greek ἑλένη, from Proto-Indo-European swel- — to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...

runnella (Finnish): to disfigure, deform to change the appearance of something/someone to the negative

Definitions

  1. to disfigure, deform to change the appearance of something/someone to the negative

Ancestry of “runnella”, step by step

runnella traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ellä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelläif
2FinnishElinaHelen
3FinnishHelena—
4SwedishHelenaHelen
5Ancient Greekἑλένηtorch, firebrand; corposant, St. Elmo's fire;...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanswel-to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...

via Finnish runnoa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrunnoato mangle to change, mutilate or disfigure by cutting, tearing, rearranging etc
2Finnish-öäFront vowel variant of -oa
3Proto-Finnic-odakForms some verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w-—

Words derived from “runnella”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swel- →Every word from Ancient Greek ἑλένη →Every word from Swedish Helena →