Where does “talikynttilä” come from?
talikynttilä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tali, from Swedish talg, from Old Swedish talgher, from Middle Low German talch, from Old Saxon talg, from Proto-West Germanic *talg, from Proto-Germanic talgaz, from Proto-Indo-European del- — to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,...
talikynttilä (Finnish): tallow candle
Definitions
- tallow candle
Ancestry of “talikynttilä”, step by step
talikynttilä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tali | suet; tallow; sebum |
| 2 | Swedish | talg | tallow |
| 3 | Old Swedish | talgher | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | talch | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | talg | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | *talg | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | talgaz | tallow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | del- | to aim, calculate, adjust, count; to reckon,... |
via Finnish kynttilä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kynttilä | candle; candlepower |
| 2 | Faroese | kyndil | lantern |
| 3 | Old Norse | kyndill | torch |
| 4 | Latin | candēla | A light made of wax or tallow; tallow candle or taper |
| 5 | Latin | candeō | to be brilliant, glittering or illuminated; to shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kandēō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kand- | to shine, glow |