Where does “joulukuusivarkaus” come from?
joulukuusivarkaus (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.
joulukuusivarkaus (Finnish): spruce Christmas tree theft theft of spruce tree for the purpose of using it as a Christmas tree, or for resale for the same purpose
Definitions
- spruce Christmas tree theft theft of spruce tree for the purpose of using it as a Christmas tree, or for resale for the same purpose
Ancestry of “joulukuusivarkaus”, step by step
joulukuusivarkaus 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 varkaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | varkaus | theft |
| 2 | Finnish | varas | thief |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vargas | thief |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wargaz | outlaw, criminal; wolf |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | werǵʰ- | bind, squeeze; to bind, squeeze; to turn, twist,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wēr- | true |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |