Where does “ZIP-pakkaus” come from?
ZIP-pakkaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish pakkaus, from Finnish pakata, from Swedish packa, from Middle Low German packen, from Old Saxon pakko, from Frankish pakkō, from Proto-Germanic pakkô — bundle; pack; package.
ZIP-pakkaus (Finnish): zip file
Definitions
- zip file
Ancestry of “ZIP-pakkaus”, step by step
ZIP-pakkaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pakkaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pakkaus | package; compression |
| 2 | Finnish | pakata | to pack; to pack, package or wrap; to cram, pack,... |
| 3 | Swedish | packa | to pack; to stow things into a pack e.g. as to be... |
| 4 | Middle Low German | packen | to pack |
| 5 | Old Saxon | pakko | — |
| 6 | Frankish | pakkō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | pakkô | bundle; pack; package |
via Finnish zip
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | zip | — |