Where does “kenttähaupitsi” come from?
kenttähaupitsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish haupitsi, from Swedish haubits, from German Haubitze, from Middle High German haufniz, from Czech houfnice, from Czech houf, from Old Czech [[húf]], [[hauf]], from Middle High German hūfe.
kenttähaupitsi (Finnish): field howitzer
Definitions
- field howitzer
Ancestry of “kenttähaupitsi”, step by step
kenttähaupitsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish haupitsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | haupitsi | howitzer |
| 2 | Swedish | haubits | howitzer artillery gun firing with a high angle |
| 3 | German | Haubitze | howitzer |
| 4 | Middle High German | haufniz | — |
| 5 | Czech | houfnice | howitzer |
| 6 | Czech | houf | flock, crowd |
| 7 | Old Czech | [[húf]], [[hauf]] | — |
| 8 | Middle High German | hūfe | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | hūbā | hood, cowl |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | hūbǭ | a covering for the head; hood; cowl |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kēwp- | — |