Where does “kesämökkitontti” come from?
kesämökkitontti (Finnish) comes from Finnish tontti, from Finnish tonttu, from Finnish tonni, from Swedish ton, from English ton, from English tun, from Middle English tunne, from Old English tunne — to stretch, string; to cut.
kesämökkitontti (Finnish): summer house lot, summer house plot, summer cottage lot, summer cottage plot
Definitions
- summer house lot, summer house plot, summer cottage lot, summer cottage plot
Ancestry of “kesämökkitontti”, step by step
kesämökkitontti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tontti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tontti | parcel, plot, property |
| 2 | Finnish | tonttu | A miniature mythical humanoid creature believed... |
| 3 | Finnish | tonni | metric ton; grand |
| 4 | Swedish | ton | tonne; tone; tone, shade |
| 5 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 6 | English | tun | A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the... |
| 7 | Middle English | tunne | cask; barrel |
| 8 | Old English | tunne | barrel, cask |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | tunnǭ | — |
| 10 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |
via Finnish kesämökki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kesämökki | summer home; summerhouse, summer house UK; cabin, chalet US; camp NY; summer cottage house used as vacation home during the summer, often located near a body of water |
| 2 | Finnish | kesä | summer; fallow; Abbreviation of kesäkuu |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kesä | summer; fallow |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ós-r | — |