Where does “arkkipainokone” come from?
arkkipainokone (Finnish) comes from Finnish arkkipaino, from Finnish arkki, from Swedish ark, from Old Swedish ark, from Middle Low German ark, from Latin arcus, from Latin solium, from Proto-Indo-European sodyom — to sit.
arkkipainokone (Finnish): sheet-fed printing machine
Definitions
- sheet-fed printing machine
Ancestry of “arkkipainokone”, step by step
arkkipainokone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish arkkipaino
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | arkkipaino | sheet-fed printing |
| 2 | Finnish | arkki | A sheet; An ark; Any of the species belonging to... |
| 3 | Swedish | ark | an ark, a box; the Ark of the Covenant |
| 4 | Old Swedish | ark | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | ark | — |
| 6 | Latin | arcus | arc, arch; bow; rainbow |
| 7 | Latin | solium | seat, chair; throne, chair of state, official... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sodyom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | to sit |