Where does “kasettidekki” come from?
kasettidekki (Finnish) comes from Finnish dekki, from English deck, from Middle English dekke, from Middle Dutch dec, from Middle Dutch decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic þakjaną — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
kasettidekki (Finnish): cassette deck, tape deck
Definitions
- cassette deck, tape deck
Ancestry of “kasettidekki”, step by step
kasettidekki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish dekki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | dekki | tape deck |
| 2 | English | deck | Any raised flat surface that can be walked on: a... |
| 3 | Middle English | dekke | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | dec | roof, covering |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | decken | to roof, to build/repair a roof; to cover; to... |
| 6 | Old Dutch | thecken | to cover; to roof |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þakkjan | to cover; to burn |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þakjaną | to cover; to burn |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þaką | roof, cover |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |
via Finnish kasetti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kasetti | cassette; coffer |
| 2 | French | cassette | treasure box; small box; cassette tape |
| 3 | Middle French | cassette | — |
| 4 | Middle French | -ette | -et, -ette |
| 5 | Old French | -eté | variant of -té |
| 6 | Latin | -ittus | diminutive suffix, used to create nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -tos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |