Where does “kadunlakaisu” come from?

kadunlakaisu (Finnish) comes from Finnish katu, from Old Swedish gata, from Old Norse gáta, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.

kadunlakaisu (Finnish): street sweeping

Definitions

  1. street sweeping

Ancestry of “kadunlakaisu”, step by step

kadunlakaisu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish katu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatustreet
2Old Swedishgatastreet, road
3Old Norsegátariddle
4Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂

via Finnish lakaisu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlakaisusweep, sweeping, brooming
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns

Words derived from “kadunlakaisu

Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂Every word from Proto-Germanic gatwǭEvery word from Old Norse gáta
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