Where does “inkkarikanootti” come from?
inkkarikanootti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kanootti, from Swedish kanot, from French canot, from Middle French canot, from Old French cane, from Middle Low German kāne, from Old Saxon *kano, from Proto-Italic kanō — a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub.
inkkarikanootti (Finnish): canoe, Canadian canoe
Definitions
- canoe, Canadian canoe
Ancestry of “inkkarikanootti”, step by step
inkkarikanootti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kanootti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kanootti | canoe; kayak |
| 2 | Swedish | kanot | canoe |
| 3 | French | canot | dinghy; canoe |
| 4 | Middle French | canot | small boat made from a tree trunk |
| 5 | Old French | cane | tube |
| 6 | Middle Low German | kāne | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | *kano | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kanō | to sing |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kanô | vessel, vat, tub; boat |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gan- | a vessel, tub; a vessel, vat, tub |
via Finnish inkkari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | inkkari | injun; short for inkkarikanootti; Indian |
| 2 | Finnish | intiaani | Native American, Amerindian, Indian |
| 3 | Swedish | indian | Indian, American Indian member of one of the indigenous peoples of the Americas |
| 4 | Spanish | indiano | Indian; having returned to Europe from the... |