Where does “valonleimaus” come from?
valonleimaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish leimaus, from Finnish leimata, from Finnish leima, from Russian клеймо́ — brand, stamp, identification mark.
Ancestry of “valonleimaus”, step by step
valonleimaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish leimaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | leimaus | stamping; tainting, stigmatizing |
| 2 | Finnish | leimata | to stamp; to denounce; to taint a person's... |
| 3 | Finnish | leima | stamp; label, mark; stain, taint, stigma |
| 4 | Russian | клеймо́ | brand, stamp, identification mark |
via Finnish valo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valo | light |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | valo | light visible radiation |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | waĺɜ | — |