Where does “kirvesvarsitontti” come from?
kirvesvarsitontti (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.
kirvesvarsitontti (Finnish): a plot of land shaped like an axe, with a narrow strip for a driveway
Definitions
- a plot of land shaped like an axe, with a narrow strip for a driveway
Ancestry of “kirvesvarsitontti”, step by step
kirvesvarsitontti 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 kirvesvarsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirvesvarsi | — |
| 2 | Finnish | varsi | stalk; handle or haft of some tools; chiefly a... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | varci | stalk of a plant |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | warte | — |