Where does “graavikala” come from?
graavikala (Finnish) comes from Finnish graavi, from Swedish grav, from Swedish kapell, from Old Swedish cappell, from Medieval Latin cappella, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
graavikala (Finnish): fresh-salted fish
Definitions
- fresh-salted fish
Ancestry of “graavikala”, step by step
graavikala traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish graavi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | graavi | pickled raw fish; grave accent mark |
| 2 | Swedish | grav | severe, as in a mistake or a congenital disorder;... |
| 3 | Swedish | kapell | a chapel |
| 4 | Old Swedish | cappell | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | cappella | — |
| 6 | Latin | cāppa | cape, cloak |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |