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 English tun, from Middle English tunne — to stretch, string; to cut.
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 | English | tun | A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the... |
| 8 | Middle English | tunne | cask; barrel |
| 9 | Old English | tunne | barrel, cask |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | tunnǭ | — |
| 11 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 12 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |