Where does “tohvelikangas” come from?
tohvelikangas (Finnish) comes from Finnish tohveli, from Swedish toffel, from German pantoffel, from Middle High German pantoffel, from Middle French pantoufle, from Italian pantofola, from Vulgar Latin patta, from Frankish patta.
tohvelikangas (Finnish): duffel fabric
Definitions
- duffel fabric
Ancestry of “tohvelikangas”, step by step
tohvelikangas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tohveli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tohveli | slipper |
| 2 | Swedish | toffel | slipper; a henpecked guy |
| 3 | German | pantoffel | slipper (indoor shoe) |
| 4 | Middle High German | pantoffel | — |
| 5 | Middle French | pantoufle | slipper |
| 6 | Italian | pantofola | slipper |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | patta | paw, foot |
| 8 | Frankish | patta | paw, sole of the foot |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | pat- | — |
via Finnish kangas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kangas | cloth, fabric or textile; material; A soil type:... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kangas | cloth, fabric |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | gangaz | pace, step, gait; walk; way, course |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰongʰ-o-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |