Where does “tarjotinliina” come from?
tarjotinliina (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarjotin, from Navajo -TIN, from Proto-Athabaskan tən, from Persian تن, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus — power.
tarjotinliina (Finnish): tray cloth
Definitions
- tray cloth
Ancestry of “tarjotinliina”, step by step
tarjotinliina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tarjotin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tarjotin | tray, platter |
| 2 | Navajo | -TIN | to freeze |
| 3 | Proto-Athabaskan | tən | ice, frost |
| 4 | Persian | تن | body; person; tonne |
| 5 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 6 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 7 | Old French | ton | your |
| 8 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 9 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 10 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 11 | Polish | tu | here |
| 12 | Polish | być | to be |
| 13 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 14 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 15 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
via Finnish Liina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Liina | cloth piece of garment used on furniture, for cleaning, etc |
| 2 | Finnish | Karoliina | — |
| 3 | Latin | Carolīna | — |
| 4 | Latin | Carolus | Charles |
| 5 | Middle High German | Karl | — |
| 6 | Old High German | karl | man |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | karilaz | free man, franklin; little man, young man |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | karaz | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |