Where does “kaivoskuilu” come from?
kaivoskuilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuilu, from Finnish kulju, from Finnish kuljetuskomppania, from Finnish komppania, from French compagnie, from Italian compagnia, from Italian compagna, from Italian compagno — resin.
kaivoskuilu (Finnish): A mineshaft, or shaft
Ancestry of “kaivoskuilu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kuilu | shaft; abyss, chasm; ravine |
| 2 | Finnish | kulju | quagmire, morass |
| 3 | Finnish | kuljetuskomppania | — |
| 4 | Finnish | komppania | — |
| 5 | French | compagnie | company |
| 6 | Italian | compagnia | company, companionship, fellowship, society,... |
| 7 | Italian | compagna | feminine singular of compagno; female equivalent... |
| 8 | Italian | compagno | alike, like, similar, the same; mate, companion,... |
| 9 | Latin | compāniō | — |
| 10 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 11 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 12 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 13 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 17 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 18 | German | kitt | — |
| 19 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 20 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 21 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |