Where does “silityshöylä” come from?
silityshöylä (Finnish) comes from Finnish höylä, from Middle Low German hovel, from Proto-Germanic hubilaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱewb-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱew-, from Proto-Indo-European gʷṓws — cattle.
silityshöylä (Finnish): smoothing plane tool
Definitions
- smoothing plane tool
Ancestry of “silityshöylä”, step by step
silityshöylä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish höylä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | höylä | plane |
| 2 | Middle Low German | hovel | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | hubilaz | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱewb- | briar, thorn |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱew- | skin, colour of the skin; to shine; bright; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷṓws | cattle |
via Finnish silitys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | silitys | A stroke; ironing |
| 2 | Finnish | silittää | to stroke, to pet, to fondle; to iron |
| 3 | Finnish | -ittaa | Variant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |