Where does “singeli” come from?
singeli (Finnish) comes from English shingle, from French chingler, from Latin cingula, from Latin cingere, from Latin cingo, from Proto-Indo-European kenk- — to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to...
singeli (Finnish): singleton the only playing card of its suit
Definitions
- singleton the only playing card of its suit
Ancestry of “singeli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | shingle | A small, thin piece of building material, often... |
| 2 | French | chingler | to strap, whip |
| 3 | Latin | cingula | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cingulum |
| 4 | Latin | cingere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 5 | Latin | cingo | I surround, circle, ring; I gird on; I crown or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kenk- | to burn, dry, pain, desire, hunger, thirst; to... |