Where does “vitsailu” come from?
vitsailu (Finnish) comes from Finnish vitsailla, from Finnish vitsi, from German witz, from Middle High German witz, from Old High German wizzi, from Proto-West Germanic wītī, from Proto-Germanic witją, from Proto-Germanic *witaną — to see.
vitsailu (Finnish): joking
Definitions
- joking
Ancestry of “vitsailu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vitsailla | To joke, jest |
| 2 | Finnish | vitsi | joke |
| 3 | German | witz | joke |
| 4 | Middle High German | witz | — |
| 5 | Old High German | wizzi | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | wītī | punishment |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | witją | knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |