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 English tun, from Middle English tunne, from Old English tunne — to stretch, string; to cut.
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 | English | tun | A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the... |
| 7 | Middle English | tunne | cask; barrel |
| 8 | Old English | tunne | barrel, cask |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tunnǭ | — |
| 10 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |
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 |