Where does “taskupeili” come from?
taskupeili (Finnish) comes from Finnish tasku, from Old Swedish taska, from Proto-Germanic taskǭ, from Proto-Indo-European das-, from Translingual da, from English deca-, from French déca-, from Latin decās — front.
taskupeili (Finnish): compact mirror, pocket mirror
Definitions
- compact mirror, pocket mirror
Ancestry of “taskupeili”, step by step
taskupeili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tasku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tasku | |
| 2 | Old Swedish | taska | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | taskǭ | bag, purse; pouch, pocket |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | das- | — |
| 5 | Translingual | da | — |
| 6 | English | deca- | Greek number... |
| 7 | French | déca- | deca- |
| 8 | Latin | decās | a decade (period of ten years) |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | δεκάς | the number ten; a group of ten, decade |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 12 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 13 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 14 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 15 | Turkish | ön | front |
via Finnish peili
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | peili | mirror |
| 2 | Swedish | spegel | a mirror; a smooth reflecting surface; something... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | speghil | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | spegill | mirror, looking glass Synonym: skuggsjá |
| 5 | Middle Low German | spēgel | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | spēgal | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *spēgl | — |
| 8 | Medieval Latin | speglum | — |
| 9 | Latin | speculum | a looking-glass, mirror |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -klom | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |