Where does “kimppakiva” come from?
kimppakiva (Finnish) comes from Finnish kiva, from Finnish kurkku, from Swedish gurka, from Low German Gurk, from Middle Low German augurke, from Polish ogórek, from Greek άγουρος, from Ancient Greek ἄωρος — together, one.
kimppakiva (Finnish): group sex
Definitions
- group sex
Ancestry of “kimppakiva”, step by step
kimppakiva traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kiva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiva | nice; fun, neat |
| 2 | Finnish | kurkku | throat; beard; cucumber |
| 3 | Swedish | gurka | a cucumber |
| 4 | Low German | Gurk | cucumber |
| 5 | Middle Low German | augurke | — |
| 6 | Polish | ogórek | cucumber; gherkin |
| 7 | Greek | άγουρος | unripe, green; immature; inexperienced |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἄωρος | untimely, unseasonable; unripe; without youthful... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |