Where does “sylkitesti” come from?
sylkitesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish testi, from English Test, from German testen, from German Test, from English test, from Middle English teste, from Old French teste, from Latin testis — to stand.
sylkitesti (Finnish): saliva test
Definitions
- saliva test
Ancestry of “sylkitesti”, step by step
sylkitesti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish testi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | testi | test |
| 2 | English | Test | a Test match |
| 3 | German | testen | to test |
| 4 | German | Test | test; melting pot |
| 5 | English | test | A challenge, trial; A cupel or cupelling hearth... |
| 6 | Middle English | teste | — |
| 7 | Old French | teste | head |
| 8 | Latin | testis | witness; one who testifies or attests; testicle |
| 9 | Latin | terstis | — |
| 10 | Latin | trīstis | sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tristh₂s | a third party standing, after the two parties to... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | steh₂- | to stand |
via Finnish sylki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sylki | saliva, spit; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | English | Loki | The god of mischief and trickery; growing progressively evil, he kills Balder, and is bound until Ragnarok, the end of the world |
| 3 | Old Norse | Loki | Loki Norse god |
| 4 | Old Norse | lok | lock, lid; weed, unwanted plant |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lūkaną | to close, to shut; Alternative form of *leukaną |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lewǵ- | to break, tear; to break, shatter |