Where does “trimmaus” come from?
trimmaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish trimmata, from Proto-Albanian trim-, from Proto-Indo-European ter-, from Italian termine, from Latin terminus, from Proto-Italic termenos, from Proto-Indo-European térmn̥ — boundary, end.
trimmaus (Finnish): trimming
Definitions
- trimming
Ancestry of “trimmaus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | trimmata | to trim, clip to reduce slightly; to cut; to remove excess |
| 2 | Proto-Albanian | trim- | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ter- | tender, weak; young creature |
| 4 | Italian | termine | end, close; limit, term, date, time; term, word |
| 5 | Latin | terminus | a boundary, limit, end |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | termenos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | térmn̥ | boundary, end |