Where does “kompassilukema” come from?
kompassilukema (Finnish) comes from Finnish kompassi, from Swedish kompass, from Medieval Latin compassus, from Italian compassare, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kompassilukema (Finnish): a compass reading
Definitions
- a compass reading
Ancestry of “kompassilukema”, step by step
kompassilukema traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kompassi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kompassi | compass |
| 2 | Swedish | kompass | compass |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | compassus | a circle, a circuit; suffered; pitied |
| 4 | Italian | compassare | measure with a pair of compasses |
| 5 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |