Where does “köysitikkaat” come from?

köysitikkaat (Finnish) comes from Finnish tikkaat, from Finnish tikas, from Old Swedish stighi.

köysitikkaat (Finnish): rope ladder

Definitions

  1. rope ladder

Ancestry of “köysitikkaat”, step by step

köysitikkaat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tikkaat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtikkaatladder; Second-person singular indicative present...
2Finnishtikasladder; rung of a ladder
3Old Swedishstighi—

via Finnish köysi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishköysirope
2Proto-Finnickeücirope
3Proto-Uralickewδe—
Every word from Old Swedish stighi →Every word from Finnish tikas →Every word from Finnish tikkaat →