Where does “konetikkaat” come from?

konetikkaat (Finnish) comes from Finnish tikkaat, from Finnish tikas, from Old Swedish stighi.

konetikkaat (Finnish): any ladder that can be raised and lowered mechanically or electrically, such as a turntable ladder

Definitions

  1. any ladder that can be raised and lowered mechanically or electrically, such as a turntable ladder

Ancestry of “konetikkaat”, step by step

konetikkaat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tikkaat

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtikkaatladder; Second-person singular indicative present...
2Finnishtikasladder; rung of a ladder
3Old Swedishstighi—

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic
Every word from Old Swedish stighi →Every word from Finnish tikas →Every word from Finnish tikkaat →