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Where does “grahamkorppu” come from?

grahamkorppu (Finnish) comes from Finnish graham, from English Graham, from English Grantham, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic haim, from Proto-Germanic haimaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóymos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱey- — to be lying down; to settle.

grahamkorppu (Finnish): whole wheat rusk

Definitions

  1. whole wheat rusk

Ancestry of “grahamkorppu”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgrahamgraham
2EnglishGraham—
3EnglishGrantham—
4Old Englishhāmhome; village, community; village, hamlet, manor,...
5Proto-West Germanichaimhome
6Proto-Germanichaimazhome; house; village
7Proto-Indo-Europeanḱóymosof the home, belonging to the family; village,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanḱey-to be lying down; to settle
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