Where does “ammattikorkeakoulu” come from?
ammattikorkeakoulu (Finnish) comes from Finnish korkeakoulu, from German Hochschule, from German schule, from Middle High German schuole, from Old High German scuola, from Proto-Germanic skōla, from Latin schola, from Ancient Greek σχολή — to hold; to overpower.
ammattikorkeakoulu (Finnish): professional university, vocational university,...
Definitions
- professional university, vocational university,...
Ancestry of “ammattikorkeakoulu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | korkeakoulu | college, academy, university, polytechnic |
| 2 | German | Hochschule | college; university; graduate school; institute;... |
| 3 | German | schule | inflection of schulen:
## first-person singular... |
| 4 | Middle High German | schuole | school |
| 5 | Old High German | scuola | school |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skōla | school |
| 7 | Latin | schola | Leisure time given to learning; schooltime,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | σχολή | leisure, free time; rest; that in which leisure... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | skʰolā́ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | sǵʰ-h₃-léh₂ | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | seǵʰ- | to hold; to overpower |
Words derived from “ammattikorkeakoulu”