Where does “elintasokuilu” come from?
elintasokuilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuilu, from Finnish kulju, from Finnish kuljetuskomppania, from Finnish komppania, from French compagnie, from Italian compagnia, from Italian compagna, from Italian compagno — resin.
elintasokuilu (Finnish): prosperity gap, gap in standards of living
Definitions
- prosperity gap, gap in standards of living
Ancestry of “elintasokuilu”, step by step
elintasokuilu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kuilu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuilu | shaft; abyss, chasm; ravine |
| 2 | Finnish | kulju | quagmire, morass |
| 3 | Finnish | kuljetuskomppania | transportation company, (motor) transport company |
| 4 | Finnish | komppania | company military unit |
| 5 | French | compagnie | company |
| 6 | Italian | compagnia | company, companionship, fellowship, society,... |
| 7 | Italian | compagna | feminine singular of compagno; female equivalent... |
| 8 | Italian | compagno | alike, like, similar, the same; mate, companion,... |
| 9 | Latin | compāniō | comrade |
| 10 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 11 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 12 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 13 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 19 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 20 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 21 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |