Where does “ilmoituskaappi” come from?
ilmoituskaappi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaappi, from Old Swedish skap, from Middle Low German schap, from Old Saxon skāp, from Proto-West Germanic skāp, from Proto-Germanic skapą, from Proto-Germanic skapjaną, from Proto-Indo-European skab- — to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,...
ilmoituskaappi (Finnish): noticeboard cabinet
Definitions
- noticeboard cabinet
Ancestry of “ilmoituskaappi”, step by step
ilmoituskaappi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaappi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaappi | cabinet; closet; locker |
| 2 | Old Swedish | skap | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | schap | cupboard, cabinet, coffer |
| 4 | Old Saxon | skāp | sheep |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skāp | sheep |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skapą | shape |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | skapjaną | to make, to create; to shape |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | skab- | to cut, split, hew, shape; to cut, split, carve,... |
via Finnish ilmoitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ilmoitus | notification, notice; advertisement; announcement |
| 2 | Finnish | ilmoittaa | to report, in the sense of notifying; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 4 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 5 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 6 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |