Where does “katuperformanssi” come from?

katuperformanssi (Finnish) comes from Finnish katu, from Old Swedish gata, from Old Norse gáta, from Proto-Germanic gatwǭ, from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂.

katuperformanssi (Finnish): street performance

Definitions

  1. street performance

Ancestry of “katuperformanssi”, step by step

katuperformanssi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish katu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkatustreet
2Old Swedishgatastreet, road
3Old Norsegátariddle
4Proto-Germanicgatwǭstreet, passage
5Proto-Indo-Europeangʰodweh₂

via Finnish performanssi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishperformanssiperformance
Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʰodweh₂Every word from Proto-Germanic gatwǭEvery word from Old Norse gáta