Where does “tonttuilu” come from?
tonttuilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish tonttuilla, from Finnish tonttu, from Finnish tonni, from Swedish ton, from English ton, from English tun, from Middle English tunne, from Old English tunne — to stretch, string; to cut.
tonttuilu (Finnish): screwing around, fooling around
Definitions
- screwing around, fooling around
Ancestry of “tonttuilu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tonttuilla | to screw around, to fool around |
| 2 | Finnish | tonttu | A miniature mythical humanoid creature believed... |
| 3 | Finnish | tonni | metric ton; grand |
| 4 | Swedish | ton | tonne; tone; tone, shade |
| 5 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 6 | English | tun | A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the... |
| 7 | Middle English | tunne | cask; barrel |
| 8 | Old English | tunne | barrel, cask |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tunnǭ | — |
| 10 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |