Where does “kirppis” come from?
kirppis (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirpputori, from Finnish -is, from Swedish -is, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.
kirppis (Finnish): flea market; thrift shop
Definitions
- flea market; thrift shop
Ancestry of “kirppis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirpputori | A flea market |
| 2 | Finnish | -is | -er; a suffix used to form nouns and proper nouns... |
| 3 | Swedish | -is | Suffix that gives a familiar, and to some extent... |
| 4 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 5 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -ā | Forms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |