Where does “alttarikaappi” come from?
alttarikaappi (Finnish) comes from Finnish alttari, from Old Swedish altari, from Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Latin altāre, from Latin adoleō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn- — in.
alttarikaappi (Finnish): retable
Definitions
- retable
Ancestry of “alttarikaappi”, step by step
alttarikaappi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish alttari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alttari | altar |
| 2 | Old Swedish | altari | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | altari | altar |
| 4 | Old Saxon | altari | — |
| 5 | Latin | altāre | altar, fitting for burnt offerings |
| 6 | Latin | adoleō | to emit an odor, smell |
| 7 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 8 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 9 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 10 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Finnish kaappi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaappi | cabinet; closet; locker |
| 2 | Old Swedish | skap | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | schap | cupboard, cabinet, coffer |
| 4 | Old Saxon | skāp | sheep |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skāp | sheep |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapą | shape |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |