Where does “joulukuusenkynttilä” come from?
joulukuusenkynttilä (Finnish) comes from Finnish joulukuusi, from Swedish julgran, from Swedish jul, from Swedish juli, from Latin Iūlius, from Latin iuppiter, from Proto-Italic djous patēr, from Proto-Italic *djous — to be bright; sky, heaven.
joulukuusenkynttilä (Finnish): Christmas tree candle
Definitions
- Christmas tree candle
Ancestry of “joulukuusenkynttilä”, step by step
joulukuusenkynttilä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish joulukuusi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | joulukuusi | a spruce Christmas tree |
| 2 | Swedish | julgran | Christmas tree |
| 3 | Swedish | jul | Christmas; July; Abbreviation of juli |
| 4 | Swedish | juli | July |
| 5 | Latin | Iūlius | Of the gens Julia, a patrician Roman family |
| 6 | Latin | iuppiter | Jupiter god of the sky and ruler of the Roman pantheon |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | djous patēr | Jupiter |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Finnish kynttilä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kynttilä | candle; candlepower |
| 2 | Faroese | kyndil | lantern |
| 3 | Old Norse | kyndill | torch |
| 4 | Latin | candēla | A light made of wax or tallow; tallow candle or taper |
| 5 | Latin | candeō | to be brilliant, glittering or illuminated; to shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kandēō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kand- | to shine, glow |