Where does “jätekassi” come from?
jätekassi (Finnish) comes from Finnish jäte, from Finnish jättää, from Proto-Finnic jättädäk, from Proto-Finnic -ttadak, from Proto-Uralic -kta-.
jätekassi (Finnish): (large) trash bag
Ancestry of “jätekassi”, step by step
jätekassi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish jäte
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jäte | waste, garbage, rubbish |
| 2 | Finnish | jättää | to leave; to take, drop off, deliver; to submit |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | jättädäk | to leave |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |
via Finnish kassi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kassi | bag, satchel, tote bag; scrotum |
| 2 | Swedish | kasse | bag |
| 3 | Old Swedish | karse | basket made from bast or rope |