Where does “vasaraklaveeri” come from?
vasaraklaveeri (Finnish) comes from Finnish klaveeri, from German Klavier, from French clavier, from French -ier, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
Ancestry of “vasaraklaveeri”, step by step
vasaraklaveeri traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish klaveeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | klaveeri | clavier; piano |
| 2 | German | Klavier | piano |
| 3 | French | clavier | keyboard; keyring; mouth, teeth |
| 4 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 5 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via German Hammerklavier
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Hammerklavier | fortepiano |
| 2 | German | hammer | Contraction of haben wir |
| 3 | German | vorschlagen | to propose, to suggest |
| 4 | German | vor- | pre- |
| 5 | Middle High German | vor- | — |
| 6 | Old High German | fora- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | furai | before, in front of; before, in front |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | preh₂- | before, in front |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |