Where does “kaukalopikaluistelu” come from?
kaukalopikaluistelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaukalo, from Proto-Finnic kaukalo, from Proto-Finnic kauka, from English doctor, from Middle English doctour, from Anglo-Norman doctour, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor.
kaukalopikaluistelu (Finnish): short-track speed skating
Definitions
- short-track speed skating
Ancestry of “kaukalopikaluistelu”, step by step
kaukalopikaluistelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaukalo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaukalo | trough, manger; trough; rink |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kaukalo | trough |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kauka | — |
| 4 | English | doctor | A physician; a member of the medical profession;... |
| 5 | Middle English | doctour | doctor |
| 6 | Anglo-Norman | doctour | Alternative spelling of doctur |
| 7 | Latin | doctor | teacher, instructor; catechist |
| 8 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |
via Finnish pikaluistelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pikaluistelu | speed skating |
| 2 | Finnish | luistelu | ice skating |
| 3 | Finnish | luistella | To skate |
| 4 | Finnish | luistaa | to slide; to go, run smoothly or successfully; to... |
| 5 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 6 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 8 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |