Where does “sveitsinranska” come from?
sveitsinranska (Finnish) comes from Finnish Ranska, from Swedish fransk, from Middle Low German fransch, from Old French Franceis, from Latin Franciscus, from Latin francia, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
sveitsinranska (Finnish): Swiss French language
Definitions
- Swiss French language
Ancestry of “sveitsinranska”, step by step
sveitsinranska traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Ranska
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Ranska | French |
| 2 | Swedish | fransk | French |
| 3 | Middle Low German | fransch | — |
| 4 | Old French | Franceis | — |
| 5 | Latin | Franciscus | French; Frankish |
| 6 | Latin | francia | nominative plural of francium; accusative plural... |
| 7 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Finnish Sveitsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Sveitsi | Swiss |
| 2 | German | Schweiz | Switzerland |
| 3 | German | Schwyz | — |
| 4 | Latin | Suittes | — |
| 5 | Old High German | swīdan | to burn |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | swīþan | to burn, to singe |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | swīþaną | to burn, singe |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | swey- | to twist, swing; to hiss; whistle; to swing,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sew- | to press out, extract; juice; liquid, rain; to... |