Where does “hautakammio” come from?
hautakammio (Finnish) comes from Finnish kammio, from Proto-Norse skammijǭ, from Proto-Germanic skammijǭ — little house.
hautakammio (Finnish): tomb, sepulchre
Ancestry of “hautakammio”, step by step
hautakammio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kammio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kammio | chamber; cell; ventricle |
| 2 | Proto-Norse | skammijǭ | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | skammijǭ | little house |
via Finnish hauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hauta | grave, tomb; trench; kiln, in the compound term... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sauþaz | boiling; seething; wellspring; fountain; source;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂sewt- | to roil; to move about, roil, seethe |