Where does “varietee-esitys” come from?
varietee-esitys (Finnish) comes from German Varietee, from French variété, from Middle French varieté, from Latin varietās, from Latin varius, from Latin vārus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wer-, from Proto-Indo-European wēr- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
varietee-esitys (Finnish): variety show
Definitions
- variety show
Ancestry of “varietee-esitys”, step by step
varietee-esitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Varietee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Varietee | variety theater |
| 2 | French | variété | variety; type, genre; manifold |
| 3 | Middle French | varieté | variety |
| 4 | Latin | varietās | difference, diversity, variety |
| 5 | Latin | varius | diverse, different, various, variegated |
| 6 | Latin | vārus | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wer- | to lift up; to moisten; to flow; to raise, hang |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via Finnish esitys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | esitys | presentation; show; proposition, proposal |
| 2 | Finnish | esittää | To express, offer, set/put forth, state; To show;... |
| 3 | Finnish | esi- | pre-, fore- |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | eci | before; in front |
| 5 | Albanian | *etës | — |
| 6 | Proto-Albanian | *aitatja | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁éyti | to go, to be going |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ey- | to go |