Where does “kaapparikapteeni” come from?
kaapparikapteeni (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaappari, from Swedish kapare, from Swedish kåpa, from Dutch kapen, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī — on, onto.
kaapparikapteeni (Finnish): privateer
Definitions
- privateer
Ancestry of “kaapparikapteeni”, step by step
kaapparikapteeni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaappari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaappari | hijacker; privateer |
| 2 | Swedish | kapare | hijacker |
| 3 | Swedish | kåpa | cowl, cloak, hood; cover |
| 4 | Dutch | kapen | to hijack, to seize control of something -... |
| 5 | Dutch | en | and; well, so; plus, and |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | ende | and; end |
| 7 | Old Dutch | endi | end |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | andī | end |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |
via Finnish kapteeni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kapteeni | A captain; A pilot in command |
| 2 | Swedish | kapten | captain; the person lawfully in command of a... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | kapiten | — |
| 4 | Old French | capitaine | leader |
| 5 | Latin | capitāneus | large, chief in size |
| 6 | Latin | -āneus | forming adjectives Of or pertaining to; -aneous |
| 7 | Latin | -eus | argentum + API → argenteus; ferrum + API →... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *-eos | Forms adjectives indicating being formed out of a material |