Where does “keksintöasiamies” come from?
keksintöasiamies (Finnish) comes from Finnish keksintö, from Finnish keksiä, from Finnish keksi, from Swedish kex, from English cakes, from English cake, from Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka — round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump.
keksintöasiamies (Finnish): (legal) innovation advisor, innovation lawyer
Definitions
- (legal) innovation advisor, innovation lawyer
Ancestry of “keksintöasiamies”, step by step
keksintöasiamies traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish keksintö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keksintö | invention something invented |
| 2 | Finnish | keksiä | to invent; to make up, concoct, imagine or... |
| 3 | Finnish | keksi | cookie; biscuit, cracker; pike pole used in log... |
| 4 | Swedish | kex | cookie, cracker, biscuit |
| 5 | English | cakes | plural of cake; Third-person singular simple... |
| 6 | English | cake | A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of... |
| 7 | Middle English | cake | cake; A cake prepared to cure disease or illness;... |
| 8 | Old Norse | kaka | cake |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kakǭ | cake |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gōg- | round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump |