Where does “hartiapankkirakentaja” come from?
hartiapankkirakentaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish hartiapankki, from Finnish pankki, from Swedish bänk, from Dutch bank, from Italian banco, from Old High German bank, from Proto-West Germanic banki, from Proto-Germanic bankiz — to break.
hartiapankkirakentaja (Finnish): a person that is building or constructing their own house; a person that takes part in the construction of their house
Definitions
- a person that is building or constructing their own house; a person that takes part in the construction of their house
Ancestry of “hartiapankkirakentaja”, step by step
hartiapankkirakentaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hartiapankki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hartiapankki | self-building building something, like a home, on one's own |
| 2 | Finnish | pankki | bank |
| 3 | Swedish | bänk | bench, a long sofa without bolster; bench; where... |
| 4 | Dutch | bank | bench; couch, sofa; place where seashells are... |
| 5 | Italian | banco | desk; counter; bench, table |
| 6 | Old High German | bank | bench |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | banki | bench |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bankiz | a raised surface; bulge; hillock; slope; bench |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeg- | to break |