Where does “farkkuhaalari” come from?
farkkuhaalari (Finnish) comes from Finnish haalari, from Swedish halare, from German Hehler, from German hehlen, from Middle High German heln, from Old High German helan, from Proto-West Germanic helan, from Proto-Germanic helaną — to cover; to incline.
farkkuhaalari (Finnish): jeans overall
Definitions
- jeans overall
Ancestry of “farkkuhaalari”, step by step
farkkuhaalari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish haalari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | haalari | hauler, haulier; overall, overalls, coverall,... |
| 2 | Swedish | halare | boilersuit |
| 3 | German | Hehler | agent noun of hehlen; receiver and usually... |
| 4 | German | hehlen | to hide, to conceal, to hele; to transactionally... |
| 5 | Middle High German | heln | — |
| 6 | Old High German | helan | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | helan | to hide, to conceal |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | helaną | to hide, to conceal |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱéleti | to be covering, hiding |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via Finnish farkku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | farkku | station wagon |
| 2 | English | farmarihousut | — |