Where does “arkunkantaja” come from?
arkunkantaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish arkku, from Proto-Norse ᚨᚱᚲᚢ, from Latin arca, from Latin arceo, from Proto-Italic arkeō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂erk- — to protect, guard, hold, lock.
arkunkantaja (Finnish): A pallbearer
Definitions
- A pallbearer
Ancestry of “arkunkantaja”, step by step
arkunkantaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish arkku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | arkku | chest; trunk; coffin |
| 2 | Proto-Norse | ᚨᚱᚲᚢ | — |
| 3 | Latin | arca | chest, box, coffer, safe; coffin; ark |
| 4 | Latin | arceo | I shut up, enclose; box in; I keep off, ward off;... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | arkeō | to contain |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂erk- | to protect, guard, hold, lock |
via Finnish kantaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kantaja | A bearer, carrier; A bellhop, porter, skycap; A... |
| 2 | Finnish | kantaa | to carry, bear; to carry, be carried, reach; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kantadak | to carry |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kanta- | to carry, to transport |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |