Where does “katukaupustelija” come from?
katukaupustelija (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaupustelija, from Finnish kaupustella, from Finnish kauppa, from Proto-Germanic kaupaz, from Latin caupo, from Proto-Indo-European kaup-.
katukaupustelija (Finnish): huckster, street hawker
Definitions
- huckster, street hawker
Ancestry of “katukaupustelija”, step by step
katukaupustelija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaupustelija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaupustelija | hawker, peddler |
| 2 | Finnish | kaupustella | to peddle, hawk sell door to door, from place to place, etc |
| 3 | Finnish | kauppa | commerce, business, trade; traffic; buying and... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | kaupaz | purchase |
| 5 | Latin | caupo | Tradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kaup- | — |