Where does “ammattikurssi” come from?
ammattikurssi (Finnish) comes from Finnish ammatti, from Middle Low German ambacht, from Old Saxon ambaht, from Proto-Germanic ambahtaz, from Gaulish ambaxtos, from Proto-Celtic ambaxtos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
ammattikurssi (Finnish): vocational training course
Definitions
- vocational training course
Ancestry of “ammattikurssi”, step by step
ammattikurssi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ammatti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ammatti | profession, vocation, occupation; professional,... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | ambacht | — |
| 3 | Old Saxon | ambaht | service |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ambahtaz | servant |
| 5 | Gaulish | ambaxtos | vassal, high-ranking servant |
| 6 | Proto-Celtic | ambaxtos | servant |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via Finnish kurssi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kurssi | class, course; course; rate, exchange rate |
| 2 | Swedish | kurs | course, class; course, the intended passage of... |
| 3 | Latin | cursus | The act of running; race; Course, way, passage,... |
| 4 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |