Where does “finlandeză” come from?
finlandeză (Romanian) comes from Romanian finlandez, from French Finlandais, from French -ais, from Old French -eis, from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō — to turn.
finlandeză (Romanian): a Finnish woman
Definitions
- a Finnish woman
Ancestry of “finlandeză”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | finlandez | Finnish; Finnish man |
| 2 | French | Finlandais | Finn |
| 3 | French | -ais | The first-person and second-person singular... |
| 4 | Old French | -eis | used to form nationalities; used to form names of... |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | -iscus | -ish |
| 6 | Latin | -ensis | Of or from |
| 7 | Latin | arvum | field; farm land |
| 8 | Latin | colō | to cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden |
| 9 | Latin | quelō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |