Where does “timanttikiilto” come from?

timanttikiilto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiilto, from Finnish -ö — Front vowel variant of -o.

timanttikiilto (Finnish): adamantine lustre

Definitions

  1. adamantine lustre

Ancestry of “timanttikiilto”, step by step

timanttikiilto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kiilto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiiltoglint, gleam, shine; lustre
2Finnish-öFront vowel variant of -o

via Finnish timantti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtimanttidiamond
Every word from Finnish -ö →Every word from Finnish kiilto →