Where does “ylikapellimestari” come from?
ylikapellimestari (Finnish) comes from Finnish kapellimestari, from German Kapellmeister, from German Kapelle, from Middle High German kappelle, from Old High German kappella, from Latin cappella, from Latin -ella, from Latin -ellus — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
ylikapellimestari (Finnish): chief conductor
Definitions
- chief conductor
Ancestry of “ylikapellimestari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kapellimestari | conductor |
| 2 | German | Kapellmeister | kapellmeister |
| 3 | German | Kapelle | chapel; band, ensemble |
| 4 | Middle High German | kappelle | — |
| 5 | Old High German | kappella | — |
| 6 | Latin | cappella | chapel; choir |
| 7 | Latin | -ella | inflection of -ellus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 8 | Latin | -ellus | Alternative form of -ulus; "forming masculine... |
| 9 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |