Where does “koiravahti” come from?
koiravahti (Finnish) comes from Finnish koira, from Finnish -nen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
koiravahti (Finnish): middle watch aboard a ship, a watch from midnight to 4 a.m
Definitions
- middle watch aboard a ship, a watch from midnight to 4 a.m
Ancestry of “koiravahti”, step by step
koiravahti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish koira
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koira | dog; dog paddle; military police |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish vahti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vahti | guard; watch; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Middle Low German | wacht | watch |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wahtwō | watch, vigil |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | wakaną | to wake, be awake, arise |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵ- | lively, awake; strong |