Where does “wieniläisvalssi” come from?
wieniläisvalssi (Finnish) comes from Finnish wieniläinen, from Finnish lainen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi, from Swedish slagg — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
wieniläisvalssi (Finnish): Viennese waltz
Definitions
- Viennese waltz
Ancestry of “wieniläisvalssi”, step by step
wieniläisvalssi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish wieniläinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | wieniläinen | Viennese |
| 2 | Finnish | lainen | that is like; -like |
| 3 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 4 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 8 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 9 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 10 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 12 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |
via Finnish valssi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valssi | waltz; roll |
| 2 | Russian | вальс | waltz |
| 3 | French | valse | waltz; inflection of valser: ##... |
| 4 | German | Walzer | waltz |
| 5 | German | -er | Forms agent nouns etc. from verbs, suffixed to... |
| 6 | Old High German | -āri | used to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -ārī | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -ārijaz | -er |
| 9 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |