Where does “kansankynttilä” come from?
kansankynttilä (Finnish) comes from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa, from Finnish kansa, from Proto-Finnic kansa, from Proto-Germanic hansō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱómsōd, from Proto-Indo-European ḱóm — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kansankynttilä (Finnish): primary school teacher, especially in the...
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Ancestry of “kansankynttilä”, step by step
kansankynttilä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish känsä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | känsä | callus |
| 2 | Finnish | kanssa | with; also, too |
| 3 | Finnish | kansassa | — |
| 4 | Finnish | kansa | people; nation |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | kansa | people, folk |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 10 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 11 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 12 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 13 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Finnish kynttilä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kynttilä | candle; candlepower |
| 2 | Faroese | kyndil | lantern |
| 3 | Old Norse | kyndill | torch |
| 4 | Latin | candēla | A light made of wax or tallow; tallow candle or taper |
| 5 | Latin | candeō | to be brilliant, glittering or illuminated; to shine, glitter, glisten; gleam white |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | kandēō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kand- | to shine, glow |