Where does “konserttiukulele” come from?
konserttiukulele (Finnish) comes from Finnish konsertti, from Swedish konsert, from Italian concerto, from Latin concertō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
konserttiukulele (Finnish): concert ukulele
Definitions
- concert ukulele
Ancestry of “konserttiukulele”, step by step
konserttiukulele traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish konsertti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | konsertti | concert |
| 2 | Swedish | konsert | a concert |
| 3 | Italian | concerto | concert, recital; concerto; agreement, concert |
| 4 | Latin | concertō | to fight or contend |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Finnish ukulele
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ukulele | ukulele |
| 2 | English | ukelele | Alternative form of ukulele |
| 3 | Hawaiian | ʻukulele | A small four-stringed guitar, an ukulele |
| 4 | Hawaiian | ʻuku | louse, flea |
| 5 | Proto-Polynesian | kutu | louse |
| 6 | Proto-Oceanic | kutu | louse generic |
| 7 | Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian | kutu | — |
| 8 | Austronesian | *kutu | — |
| 9 | Proto-Austronesian | *kuCux | louse insect |