Where does “villatrikoinen” come from?
villatrikoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish villatrikoo, from Finnish trikoo, from French tricot, from French tricoter, from Middle French tricoter, from Old French tricoter, from Old French trique, from Old French estrique — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
villatrikoinen (Finnish): made of wool tricot
Definitions
- made of wool tricot
Ancestry of “villatrikoinen”, step by step
villatrikoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish villatrikoo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | villatrikoo | wool tricot |
| 2 | Finnish | trikoo | tricot fabric |
| 3 | French | tricot | knitting; sweater, jumper; sea krait |
| 4 | French | tricoter | to knit |
| 5 | Middle French | tricoter | — |
| 6 | Old French | tricoter | to beat with sticks |
| 7 | Old French | trique | stick, game played with sticks |
| 8 | Old French | estrique | baton; stick; beam |
| 9 | Middle Dutch | strîken | to stroke, to pass (something) over gently |
| 10 | Old Saxon | strikan | to stroke |
| 11 | Frankish | strīkan | to move or pass one thing over another, strike;... |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | strīkaną | to stroke, to rub |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |
via Finnish inen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | inen | — |