Where does “šekkivihkojournalismi” come from?
šekkivihkojournalismi (Finnish) comes from Finnish šekkivihko, from Finnish šekki, from Swedish check, from English check, from English chequer, from Old French eschequier, from Medieval Latin scaccarium, from Vulgar Latin scaccus — to sire, beget.
šekkivihkojournalismi (Finnish): checkbook journalism
Definitions
- checkbook journalism
Ancestry of “šekkivihkojournalismi”, step by step
šekkivihkojournalismi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish šekkivihko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | šekkivihko | cheque book |
| 2 | Finnish | šekki | Alternative spelling of sekki |
| 3 | Swedish | check | cheque, check |
| 4 | English | check | A situation in which the king is directly... |
| 5 | English | chequer | The edible fruit of the wild service tree,... |
| 6 | Old French | eschequier | exchequer |
| 7 | Medieval Latin | scaccarium | chess board; chessboard; exchequer |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | scaccus | chess |
| 9 | Arabic | شَاه | king in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah |
| 10 | Persian | شاه | king; shah; king; Something that is the biggest... |
| 11 | Middle Persian | 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 | king |
| 12 | Old Persian | 𐏋 | king |
| 13 | Proto-Iranian | xšáyati | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kšáyati | he rules, he has power over |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |
via Finnish journalismi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | journalismi | journalism |
| 2 | French | journalisme | journalism |
| 3 | French | journaliste | a journalist; an anchorman or anchorwoman; a... |
| 4 | French | journal | That is relative to each day; journal; diary,... |
| 5 | Old French | journal | daily |
| 6 | Latin | diurnālis | diurnal of the day; that takes place during the day |
| 7 | Latin | diurnus | of the day; daily; day |
| 8 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |