Where does “äkkirikastua” come from?
äkkirikastua (Finnish) comes from Finnish rikastua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend, from Old English þūsend, from Proto-West Germanic þūsundi — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
äkkirikastua (Finnish): to strike it rich to become rich suddenly and unexpectedly
Definitions
- to strike it rich to become rich suddenly and unexpectedly
Ancestry of “äkkirikastua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rikastua | to get rich |
| 2 | Finnish | -tua | Forms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs... |
| 3 | Ido | tu | you singular, thou |
| 4 | English | thou | Nominative singular of ye; To address using the... |
| 5 | English | thousand | A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10 |
| 6 | Middle English | thousend | A thousand; 1000 |
| 7 | Old English | þūsend | thousand |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | þūsundi | thousand |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |