Where does “harpunsoittaja” come from?
harpunsoittaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish harppu, from Swedish harpa, from Old Swedish harpa, from Old Norse harpa, from Proto-Germanic harpǭ, from Proto-Indo-European (s)kreb-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ker-, from Proto-Indo-European sek- — to cut, cut off, sever.
harpunsoittaja (Finnish): harpist
Definitions
- harpist
Ancestry of “harpunsoittaja”, step by step
harpunsoittaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish harppu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | harppu | harp; an old or ugly woman, harpy |
| 2 | Swedish | harpa | harp |
| 3 | Old Swedish | harpa | harp |
| 4 | Old Norse | harpa | compress; to grip, pinch; harp |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | harpǭ | harp |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreb- | to turn; to touch; to turn, bend, shrink, rotate,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |
via Finnish soittaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | soittaja | player; caller; agent noun of soittaa |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |