Where does “kiitotavara” come from?
kiitotavara (Finnish) comes from Finnish tavara, from Hungarian -á, from Proto-Uralic -i.
kiitotavara (Finnish): express goods, express parcel
Definitions
- express goods, express parcel
Ancestry of “kiitotavara”, step by step
kiitotavara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tavara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tavara | good, goods, ware, article; belongings, stuff;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | -á | Used to form the third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -i | — |
via Finnish kiito
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiito | flight, scud, dash |
| 2 | Finnish | kiitää | to race, speed, fly, dash, scud |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kiitädäk | — |