Where does “kaleerivanki” come from?
kaleerivanki (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaleeri, from Swedish galär, from French galère, from Catalan galera, from Latin galea, from Ancient Greek γαλέη, from Proto-Indo-European glī-, from English glio-.
kaleerivanki (Finnish): galley slave, galley prisoner
Definitions
- galley slave, galley prisoner
Ancestry of “kaleerivanki”, step by step
kaleerivanki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaleeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaleeri | galley |
| 2 | Swedish | galär | galley |
| 3 | French | galère | galley (kind of ship) |
| 4 | Catalan | galera | galley |
| 5 | Latin | galea | a helmet; vocative singular of galea; ablative... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | γαλέη | name given to various animals of the Mustelidae... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | glī- | mous |
| 8 | English | glio- | Gliomatous; Glial; Embedded in a gelatinous... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | γλία | glue |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *gley- | — |
via Finnish vanki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vanki | prisoner |
| 2 | Old Swedish | fange | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | vangen | captive; to catch |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | fangōną | to catch, capture |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |