Where does “tyynylaava” come from?
tyynylaava (Finnish) comes from Finnish läävä, from Italian lava, from Neapolitan lava, from Latin lābēs, from Latin lābor, from Old Latin labos, from Romanian labă, from Hungarian láb — fox.
tyynylaava (Finnish): pillow lava
Definitions
- pillow lava
Ancestry of “tyynylaava”, step by step
tyynylaava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish läävä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | läävä | sheepfold, pen for sheep; barn, cowhouse; a... |
| 2 | Italian | lava | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Neapolitan | lava | a torrent of rain which washed the streets |
| 4 | Latin | lābēs | fall, collapse |
| 5 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 6 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 7 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 8 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |