Where does “kaipa” come from?
kaipa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kai, from Finnish kaiketi, from Finnish ti, from English dit, from French dît, from Old French dit, from Latin dictus, from Latin dīcō — shoe.
kaipa (Finnish): I suppose, guess so
Definitions
- I suppose, guess so
Ancestry of “kaipa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kai | probably; maybe, perhaps |
| 2 | Finnish | kaiketi | probably; surely |
| 3 | Finnish | ti | Abbreviation of tiistai; dit |
| 4 | English | dit | To stop up; block (an opening); close compare Scots |
| 5 | French | dît | third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of... |
| 6 | Old French | dit | word; story; tale; past participle of dire |
| 7 | Latin | dictus | said, uttered; mentioned, spoken, having been... |
| 8 | Latin | dīcō | to say, talk, speak, utter, mention |
| 9 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 10 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 11 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 12 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 13 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 14 | Latin | calceus | shoe |