Where does “tontittaminen” come from?
tontittaminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish tontittaa, from Finnish tontti, from Finnish tonttu, from Finnish tonni, from Swedish ton, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton — sweet; sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, fragrant;...
Ancestry of “tontittaminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tontittaa | to divide (land) into lots/plots |
| 2 | Finnish | tontti | parcel, plot, property |
| 3 | Finnish | tonttu | A miniature mythical humanoid creature believed... |
| 4 | Finnish | tonni | metric ton; grand |
| 5 | Swedish | ton | tonne; tone; tone, shade |
| 6 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 7 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 8 | Old French | ton | your |
| 9 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 10 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 11 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 12 | Middle High German | dūs | deuce |
| 13 | Old High German | dūs | — |
| 14 | Old French | dous | soft; soft, tender; Alternative form of deus |
| 15 | Latin | dulcis | sweet; sweet-smelling, sweet-scented, fragrant;... |