Where does “valkovillaseitikki” come from?
valkovillaseitikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish villa, from Finnish Vilhelm, from Swedish Vilhelm, from Old High German Willahelm, from Old High German helm, from Proto-West Germanic helm, from Proto-Germanic helmaz, from Proto-Germanic halmaz — to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab.
valkovillaseitikki (Finnish): A webcap, Cortinarius laniger
Definitions
- A webcap, Cortinarius laniger
Ancestry of “valkovillaseitikki”, step by step
valkovillaseitikki traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish villa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | villa | wool; villa |
| 2 | Finnish | Vilhelm | William of foreign historical persons |
| 3 | Swedish | Vilhelm | — |
| 4 | Old High German | Willahelm | William |
| 5 | Old High German | helm | helmet |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | helm | helmet |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | helmaz | helmet |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | halmaz | halm; stem; stalk; straw; hay |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱolh₂mos | stalk |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱelh₂- | to pierce, strike; to stick; prick; stab |
via Finnish seitikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | seitikki | webcap, cortinar |
| 2 | Finnish | seitti | A web spun by an insect, especially a spiderweb;... |
| 3 | Finnish | -tti | Forms some nouns from verbs, particularly... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |