Where does “tarsaalitunneli” come from?

tarsaalitunneli (Finnish) comes from Finnish tarsaalinen, from English tarsal, from English -ál, from English aldehyde, from German Aldehyd, from Latin alcohol, from Andalusian Arabic كُحُول, from Arabic كحل — kohl, antimony paste.

tarsaalitunneli (Finnish): tarsal tunnel

Definitions

  1. tarsal tunnel

Ancestry of “tarsaalitunneli”, step by step

tarsaalitunneli traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tarsaalinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtarsaalinentarsal
2EnglishtarsalOf or relating to the tarsus; Any of the seven...
3English-álOf or pertaining to. Adjectival suffix appended to various words, often nouns, to produce an adjective form. Often added to words of Latin origin, but used with other words also
4EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
5GermanAldehydaldehyde
6Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
7Andalusian Arabicكُحُول
8Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
9Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
10Akkadianguḫlumkohl, antimony paste

via Finnish tunneli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtunnelitunnel
2EnglishTunnelAn underground or underwater passage
3Old Frenchtonelbarrel
4Old Frenchtonelarge barrel
5Late Latintunnatun, box
6Proto-Celtictunnahide, skin

Words derived from “tarsaalitunneli

Every word from Akkadian guḫlumEvery word from English -álEvery word from Arabic كُحْل