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Where does “verryttelyhousut” come from?

verryttelyhousut (Finnish) comes from Finnish verryttely, from Finnish verrytellä, from Finnish verryttää, from Finnish vertyä, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from Spanish tú, from Latin tuus — power.

verryttelyhousut (Finnish): sweatpants, sweatsuit trousers

Definitions

  1. sweatpants, sweatsuit trousers

Ancestry of “verryttelyhousut”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishverryttelywarm-up
2Finnishverrytelläto warm up
3Finnishverryttääto stretch, to flex, to limber
4Finnishvertyäto become refreshed, to become flexible
5Finnish-tuaForms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs...
6Idotuyou , thou
7Spanishtúyou; thou
8Latintuusyour
9Russianтузace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy
10Polishtuzace; luminary, person of importance in their...
11Polishtuhere
12Polishbyćto be
13Polishmócto be able; may, might; to be allowed
14Old Polishmóc—
15Proto-Slavicmoťьpower
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