Where does “joulukuusivaras” come from?

joulukuusivaras (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.

joulukuusivaras (Finnish): spruce Christmas tree thief

Definitions

  1. spruce Christmas tree thief

Ancestry of “joulukuusivaras”, step by step

joulukuusivaras traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish joulukuusi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjoulukuusia spruce Christmas tree
2SwedishjulgranChristmas tree
3SwedishjulChristmas; July; Abbreviation of juli
4SwedishjuliJuly
5LatinIūliusOf the gens Julia, a patrician Roman family
6LatiniuppiterJupiter god of the sky and ruler of the Roman pantheon
7Proto-Italicdjous patērJupiter
8Proto-Italic*djous—
9Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
10Proto-Indo-Europeandyéwssky, heaven
11Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

via Finnish varas

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvarasthief
2Proto-Finnicvargasthief
3Proto-Germanicwargazoutlaw, criminal; wolf
4Proto-Indo-Europeanwerǵʰ-bind, squeeze; to bind, squeeze; to turn, twist,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwēr-true
6Proto-Indo-Europeanwer-to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew- →