Where does “haalaritakki” come from?
haalaritakki (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.
haalaritakki (Finnish): A work jacket made of heavy denim or other...
Definitions
- A work jacket made of heavy denim or other...
Ancestry of “haalaritakki”, step by step
haalaritakki 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 täkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | täkki | quilt US; duvet, continental quilt UK; doona Australia |
| 2 | Old Swedish | stakker | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | stafkarl | poor beggar |
| 4 | Old Norse | Karl | man |
| 5 | Proto-Norse | ᚲᚨᚱᛁᛚᚨᛉ | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | karilaz | free man, franklin; little man, young man |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | karaz | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |