Where does “internaatti” come from?
internaatti (Finnish) comes from German Internat, from French internat, from French interne, from Latin internus, from Latin inter, from Proto-Indo-European h₁entér, from Proto-Indo-European h₁en — in; in, inside.
Ancestry of “internaatti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Internat | boarding school |
| 2 | French | internat | boarding school; entrance examination; residency... |
| 3 | French | interne | internal; intern; boarder |
| 4 | Latin | internus | inward, internal; domestic, civil, internal |
| 5 | Latin | inter | between, among; during, while |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁entér | between |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁en | in; in, inside |