Where does “joustokaukalo” come from?

joustokaukalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaukalo, from Proto-Finnic kaukalo, from Proto-Finnic kauka, from English doctor, from Middle English doctour, from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor.

joustokaukalo (Finnish): flexible dasher board rink

Definitions

  1. flexible dasher board rink

Ancestry of “joustokaukalo”, step by step

joustokaukalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaukalo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaukalotrough, manger; trough; rink
2Proto-Finnickaukalotrough
3Proto-Finnickauka
4EnglishdoctorA physician; a member of the medical profession;...
5Middle Englishdoctourdoctor
6Anglo-NormandoctourAlternative spelling of doctur
7Latindoctorteacher, instructor; catechist
8Latin-tor-er
9Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
10Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
11Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Finnish jousto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjoustoflexibility, flex; elasticity
2Finnishjoustaato yield, bend
3FinnishtaaOf movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse
4Finnishtakathe backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"...
5Proto-Finnictakaback, a place behind
6Proto-Uralictakaa place behind
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s
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