Where does “sveltina” come from?
sveltina (Italian) comes from English quickie, from English -ie, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
sveltina (Italian): quickie (rapid sex with no preliminaries)
Definitions
- quickie (rapid sex with no preliminaries)
Ancestry of “sveltina”, step by step
sveltina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English quickie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | quickie | Something made or done swiftly; A brief sexual... |
| 2 | English | -ie | Forming diminutive or affectionate forms of nouns... |
| 3 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |
via Italian svelto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | svelto | quick; brisk; quick-witted |
| 2 | Italian | svellere | to eradicate, to root |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | exvellere | — |
| 4 | Latin | vellere | ablative singular of vellus; second-person... |
| 5 | Latin | vello | I pluck out; I depilate; I pull or tear down; I... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | welnō | to pull, tear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | welh₃- | to hit, to strike |