Where does “viittomakieli” come from?
viittomakieli (Finnish) comes from Finnish viittoma, from Finnish viittoa, from Finnish viitta, from Russian свита, from German Suite, from German -ier, from French -ier, from Middle French -er — he, she.
viittomakieli (Finnish): A sign language
Ancestry of “viittomakieli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | viittoma | A sign of a sign language; Agent participle of... |
| 2 | Finnish | viittoa | to wave, hail; to sign |
| 3 | Finnish | viitta | sign; cape, cloak |
| 4 | Russian | свита | suite, escort, retinue, entourage; suite |
| 5 | German | Suite | suite |
| 6 | German | -ier | A noun-forming suffix, used especially to render... |
| 7 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 8 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 9 | Latin | -āre | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 14 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
Words derived from “viittomakieli”