Where does “velniņš” come from?
velniņš (Latvian) comes from Latvian -iņš, from English Pudding, from Middle English podynge, from Old French boudin, from Latin botellus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
velniņš (Latvian): little devil; young, not fully grown devil;...
Definitions
- little devil; young, not fully grown devil;...
Ancestry of “velniņš”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | -iņš | Added to nouns to form masculine (-iņš) or feminine (-iņa) diminutive nouns |
| 2 | English | Pudding | Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming or from batter |
| 3 | Middle English | podynge | sausage stuffed animal intestine |
| 4 | Old French | boudin | blood sausage, black pudding |
| 5 | Latin | botellus | a small sausage |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |