Where does “kompostikäymälä” come from?
kompostikäymälä (Finnish) comes from Finnish komposti, from Swedish kompost, from French compost, from Medieval Latin compostum, from Latin compositum, from Latin compositus, from Latin compono, from Latin com- — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kompostikäymälä (Finnish): composting toilet
Definitions
- composting toilet
Ancestry of “kompostikäymälä”, step by step
kompostikäymälä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish komposti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | komposti | compost |
| 2 | Swedish | kompost | compost |
| 3 | French | compost | compost, natural fertilizer produced by decaying... |
| 4 | Medieval Latin | compostum | — |
| 5 | Latin | compositum | inflection of compositus: ##... |
| 6 | Latin | compositus | ordered, arranged, regular, matching; composed,... |
| 7 | Latin | compono | I arrange, compile, compose, make up; I... |
| 8 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 9 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 10 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 11 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 12 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 15 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 16 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 17 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 18 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 19 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 20 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Finnish käymälä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | käymälä | lavatory, toilet |
| 2 | Finnish | käydä | to visit, go to (and return), attend (a place) |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | käüdäk | to walk, to go |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | käwe- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *skēwijaną | to go |