Where does “setelinväärentäjä” come from?
setelinväärentäjä (Finnish) comes from Finnish seteli, from Swedish sedel, from Old Swedish sedel, from Middle Low German sēdele, from German Zettel, from German zeddel, from German zedele, from Italian cedola — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
setelinväärentäjä (Finnish): banknote counterfeiter
Definitions
- banknote counterfeiter
Ancestry of “setelinväärentäjä”, step by step
setelinväärentäjä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish seteli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | seteli | bill US; banknote, note UK piece of paper money |
| 2 | Swedish | sedel | a banknote; a slip; a small piece of paper |
| 3 | Old Swedish | sedel | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | sēdele | — |
| 5 | German | Zettel | a small or loose piece of paper, slip; note,... |
| 6 | German | zeddel | — |
| 7 | German | zedele | — |
| 8 | Italian | cedola | counterfoil; coupon, voucher |
| 9 | Medieval Latin | cedula | Alternative form of schedula |
| 10 | Latin | schedula | leaf of paper |
| 11 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Finnish väärentäjä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | väärentäjä | falsifier, forger, counterfeiter |
| 2 | Finnish | väärentää | to falsify, counterfeit, forge, spoof |
| 3 | Finnish | väärä | wrong, incorrect; false, erroneous; crooked,... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | fahra | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | vāre | danger, persecution, fear |
| 6 | Old Saxon | fāra | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | fērō | danger |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |