Where does “kahvikuppipari” come from?
kahvikuppipari (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.
kahvikuppipari (Finnish): coffee cup and saucer (set)
Definitions
- coffee cup and saucer (set)
Ancestry of “kahvikuppipari”, step by step
kahvikuppipari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pari | couple, pair; partner; battery cell |
| 2 | Swedish | par | a pair, a couple; a couple, two people who are... |
| 3 | English | peer | To look with difficulty, or as if searching for... |
| 4 | English | pee | Urine; To urinate; To drizzle |
| 5 | English | piss | Urine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic... |
| 6 | Middle English | pisse | piss, urine; Alternative form of pissen |
| 7 | Middle English | pissen | To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To... |
| 8 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 10 | Latin | pissio | I piss |
via Finnish kahvikuppi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kahvikuppi | coffee cup small cup in which coffee can be served |
| 2 | Finnish | kuppi | cup; funnel used for pouring oil or other liquids |
| 3 | Swedish | kopp | cup; a container for drinks |
| 4 | Old Norse | koppr | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | kop | — |
| 6 | Latin | cūppa | drinking vessel |
| 7 | Latin | cūpa | tub, cask, tun, vat |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κώπη | a handle |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kóh₂p-eh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂p- | to seize, grab; to seize; take up; lift; to take,... |