English
Makela
Makela comes from Finnish Mäkelä, from mäki ‘hill’, and ultimately from fiu-pro *mäke.
- fiu-proprehistoric (reconstructed)*mäkereconstructed
- Proto-Finnicprehistoric (reconstructed)*mäkireconstructed
- Finnishmodernmäki‘hill’
- Finnish, derivedmodernMäkelä
- EnglishtodayMakela
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- fiu-proprehistoric (reconstructed)*mäkereconstructed
- Proto-Finnicprehistoric (reconstructed)*mäkireconstructed
- Finnishmodernmäki‘hill’
- Finnish, derivedmodernMäkelä
- EnglishtodayMakela
Every English word from fiu-pro *mäke
Today it means
name A surname from Finnish.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / fiu-pro *mäke / Makela