Where does “kaapelikela” come from?

kaapelikela (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa, from Finnish kansa, from Proto-Finnic kansa, from Proto-Germanic hansō — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

kaapelikela (Finnish): cable drum, cable reel

Definitions

  1. cable drum, cable reel

Ancestry of “kaapelikela”, step by step

kaapelikela traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish Kela

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishKelareel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound
2FinnishKansaneläkelaitosThe Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland
3Finnishkänsäcallus
4Finnishkanssawith; also, too
5Finnishkansassa
6Finnishkansapeople; nation
7Proto-Finnickansapeople, folk
8Proto-GermanichansōA gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómsōdunion; gathering; union, gathering
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
11Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
12Middle Englishkyt
13Germankittputty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes
14Old High Germankuti
15Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
16Proto-Germanickweduzresin
17Proto-Indo-Europeangʷet-resin, gum; to say, speak
18Proto-Indo-Europeangū-to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...

via Finnish kaapeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaapelicable
2Swedishkabelcable
3Frenchcâblecable; first-person singular present indicative...
4Old Frenchcable
5Vulgar Latincaplum
6Latincapulumhandle; hilt; halter, lasso
7Latincapiōto take, to capture, to catch, to seize, to take captive, to storm
8Proto-Italickapiōtake
9Proto-Italickapjōtake, seize
10Proto-Indo-Europeankh₂pyéti
11Proto-Indo-Europeankeh₂p-to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,...
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