Where does “kaupunkilinnoitus” come from?
kaupunkilinnoitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaupunki, from Old Gutnish kaupungr, from Old Norse kaupangr, from Old Norse kaup, from Old Norse kaupa, from Proto-Germanic kaupōną, from Proto-Germanic kaupô, from Latin caupo.
kaupunkilinnoitus (Finnish): city fortification, city fort
Definitions
- city fortification, city fort
Ancestry of “kaupunkilinnoitus”, step by step
kaupunkilinnoitus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaupunki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaupunki | town; city |
| 2 | Old Gutnish | kaupungr | marketplace |
| 3 | Old Norse | kaupangr | marketplace |
| 4 | Old Norse | kaup | purchase |
| 5 | Old Norse | kaupa | to buy |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kaupōną | to buy; trade |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kaupô | innkeeper; merchant |
| 8 | Latin | caupo | Tradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kaup- | — |
via Finnish linnoitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | linnoitus | fortress, citadel; castling |
| 2 | Finnish | linnoittaa | to fortify |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |