Where does “keksirasia” come from?
keksirasia (Finnish) comes from Finnish rasia, from Polish -sia, from Polish -ś, from Proto-Slavic sь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic śis, from Proto-Indo-European ḱís, from Proto-Indo-European ḱe, from Middle English kyt — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
keksirasia (Finnish): box of cookies, box of biscuits
Definitions
- box of cookies, box of biscuits
Ancestry of “keksirasia”, step by step
keksirasia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rasia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rasia | box, case, container, casket |
| 2 | Polish | -sia | forms feminine diminutives, especially from clipped names |
| 3 | Polish | -ś | Second-person singular verb suffix; Appended to... |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | sь | this |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | śis | this here |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱís | this |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 8 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 9 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 10 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Finnish keksi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keksi | cookie; biscuit, cracker; pike pole used in log... |
| 2 | Swedish | kex | cookie, cracker, biscuit |
| 3 | English | cakes | plural of cake; Third-person singular simple... |
| 4 | English | cake | A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of... |
| 5 | Middle English | cake | cake; A cake prepared to cure disease or illness;... |
| 6 | Old Norse | kaka | cake |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kakǭ | cake |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gōg- | round, ball-shaped object; lump; clump |