Where does “viitta” come from?
viitta (Finnish) comes from Russian свита, from German Suite, from German -ier, from French -ier, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
viitta (Finnish): sign; cape, cloak
Definitions
- sign; cape, cloak
Ancestry of “viitta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | свита | suite, escort, retinue, entourage; suite |
| 2 | German | Suite | suite hotel apartment consisting of several rooms |
| 3 | German | -ier | A noun-forming suffix, used especially to render... |
| 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 |