Where does “karkaisukylpy” come from?

karkaisukylpy (Finnish) comes from Finnish karkaisu, from Finnish karkaista, from Finnish karkea, from Proto-Finnic karkeda, from Proto-Uralic karke, from Old Saxon kirika, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν — lord, master.

karkaisukylpy (Finnish): quenching bath, hardening bath

Definitions

  1. quenching bath, hardening bath

Ancestry of “karkaisukylpy”, step by step

karkaisukylpy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish karkaisu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarkaisuquenching
2Finnishkarkaistato harden, toughen; to quench
3Finnishkarkearough; coarse; harsh
4Proto-Finnickarkedaharsh; coarse, rough; bitter, sharp
5Proto-Uralickarke—
6Old Saxonkirikachurch
7Proto-West Germanickirikāchurch
8Ancient Greekκυριακόνchurch
9Ancient GreekΚύριοςLord
10Proto-Hellenic*kúrioslord, master

via Finnish kylpy

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkylpybath
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios →Every word from Ancient Greek Κύριος →Every word from Ancient Greek κυριακόν →