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