Where does “koriskenkä” come from?
koriskenkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish koris, from Finnish koripallo, from Finnish kori, from Swedish korg, from Old Swedish korgher, from Old Norse kǫrf, from Middle Low German korf, from Old Saxon korf — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
koriskenkä (Finnish): hoops shoe shoe for playing basketball
Definitions
- hoops shoe shoe for playing basketball
Ancestry of “koriskenkä”, step by step
koriskenkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish koris
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koris | hoops basketball |
| 2 | Finnish | koripallo | basketball |
| 3 | Finnish | kori | basket; made of wicker; bodywork, auto body |
| 4 | Swedish | korg | basket; Short for vagnskorg |
| 5 | Old Swedish | korgher | — |
| 6 | Old Norse | kǫrf | — |
| 7 | Middle Low German | korf | — |
| 8 | Old Saxon | korf | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *korb | — |
| 10 | Latin | corbis | basket; basketful |
| 11 | Proto-West Germanic | korb | basket |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | kurbaz | — |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | krebô | basket |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |