Where does “juontajapari” come from?

juontajapari (Finnish) comes from Finnish pari, from Swedish par, from English peer, from English pee, from English piss, from Middle English pisse, from Middle English pissen, from Old French pissier — I piss.

juontajapari (Finnish): cohost

Definitions

  1. cohost

Ancestry of “juontajapari”, step by step

juontajapari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishparicouple, pair; partner; battery cell
2Swedishpara pair, a couple; a couple, two people who are...
3EnglishpeerTo look with difficulty, or as if searching for...
4EnglishpeeUrine; To urinate; To drizzle
5EnglishpissUrine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic...
6Middle Englishpissepiss, urine; Alternative form of pissen
7Middle EnglishpissenTo piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To...
8Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
9Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
10LatinpissioI piss

via Finnish juontaja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishjuontajacompere, presenter UK; host, anchorman, master of ceremonies US; speaker someone who conducts a programme of varied entertainment, for example by introducing performers to the audience
2Finnishjuontaato host, to compere, present; used in the...
3Finnishjuoniplot, design; scheme, conspiracy; storyline, plot
4Proto-Finnicjoonipath
Every word from Latin pissio
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