Where does “kolikonheitto” come from?
kolikonheitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolikko, from Finnish kolista, from Swedish kö, from French queue, from Middle French queu, from Old French cue, from Vulgar Latin coda, from Latin cauda.
kolikonheitto (Finnish): toss, toss of a coin
Definitions
- toss, toss of a coin
Ancestry of “kolikonheitto”, step by step
kolikonheitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kolikko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kolikko | coin |
| 2 | Finnish | kolista | to clatter, rattle; Elative plural form of kola |
| 3 | Swedish | kö | queue; a line of waiting people or other objects;... |
| 4 | French | queue | tail; queue, line; cue |
| 5 | Middle French | queu | — |
| 6 | Old French | cue | tail |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | coda | tail |
| 8 | Latin | cauda | A tail |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kaudā | tail |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | keh₂udeh₂ | — |
via Finnish heitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | heitto | throw, cast, shy; toss; shot |
| 2 | Finnish | heittää | to throw, cast, hurl, toss |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | heittädäk | to throw |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | šej- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | sēja-/sēje | — |