Where does “sunnuntaimaalari” come from?
sunnuntaimaalari (Finnish) comes from Finnish maalari, from Swedish målare, from Swedish måla, 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.
sunnuntaimaalari (Finnish): Sunday painter, casual painter
Definitions
- Sunday painter, casual painter
Ancestry of “sunnuntaimaalari”, step by step
sunnuntaimaalari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maalari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maalari | painter; artist |
| 2 | Swedish | målare | a painter |
| 3 | Swedish | måla | to paint; to score |
| 4 | Old Swedish | māla | to paint |
| 5 | Old Norse | mála | to grind |
| 6 | Middle Low German | mālen | to draw, paint; to paint |
| 7 | Old Saxon | *mālōn | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | *mālēn | to paint |
| 9 | Proto-Albanian | melana | black |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂-n- | dull black |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |
via Finnish sunnuntai
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sunnuntai | Sunday |
| 2 | Old Saxon | sunnundag | Sunday |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *Sunnōn dag | — |
| 4 | Latin | dies Solis | sun's day |
| 5 | Latin | sōl | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sóh₂wl̥ | sun |