Where does “kanssamatkustaja” come from?
kanssamatkustaja (Finnish) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kanssamatkustaja (Finnish): fellow passenger, fellow traveler, fellow traveller
Definitions
- fellow passenger, fellow traveler, fellow traveller
Ancestry of “kanssamatkustaja”, step by step
kanssamatkustaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kanssa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kanssa | with; also, too |
| 2 | Finnish | kansassa | — |
| 3 | Finnish | kansa | people; nation |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kansa | people, folk |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 9 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 10 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 11 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 12 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Finnish matkustaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | matkustaja | passenger; traveller; occupant |
| 2 | Finnish | jä | ice |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *ja | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |