Where does “vierasmaalaisuus” come from?
vierasmaalaisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vierasmaalainen, from Finnish maalainen, from Finnish lainen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
vierasmaalaisuus (Finnish): foreignness, alienness
Definitions
- foreignness, alienness
Ancestry of “vierasmaalaisuus”, step by step
vierasmaalaisuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vierasmaalainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vierasmaalainen | foreigner, alien; foreign, alien |
| 2 | Finnish | maalainen | countryman, rustic; rural, rustic; originating... |
| 3 | Finnish | lainen | that is like; -like |
| 4 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 5 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 9 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 10 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 12 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 13 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via Finnish uus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uus | Alternative form of uusi |