Where does “kannustinloukku” come from?
kannustinloukku (Finnish) comes from Finnish loukku, from Russian мышеловка, from Russian мышь, from Old East Slavic мꙑшь, from Proto-Slavic myšь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mū́ˀšis, from Proto-Indo-Iranian múHs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.
kannustinloukku (Finnish): welfare trap US; unemployment trap UK
Definitions
- welfare trap US; unemployment trap UK
Ancestry of “kannustinloukku”, step by step
kannustinloukku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish loukku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | loukku | trap; flax brake |
| 2 | Russian | мышеловка | mousetrap |
| 3 | Russian | мышь | mouse |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | мꙑшь | mouse |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | myšь | mouse |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *mū́ˀšis | mouse |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | múHs | mouse |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | múh₂s | mouse |
via Finnish kannustin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kannustin | incentive; First-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Finnish | kannustaa | to encourage, support; to cheer |
| 3 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 4 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |