Where does “korkinaukaisin” come from?
korkinaukaisin (Finnish) comes from Finnish korkki, from Swedish kork, from German Kork, from Dutch kurk, from Middle Dutch curc, from Spanish corcho, from Latin cortex, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kort-ek-s.
Ancestry of “korkinaukaisin”, step by step
korkinaukaisin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish korkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | korkki | cork; cap, top, lip |
| 2 | Swedish | kork | cork; bark from the cork oak; cork; bottle... |
| 3 | German | Kork | cork |
| 4 | Dutch | kurk | cork |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | curc | cork |
| 6 | Spanish | corcho | cork |
| 7 | Latin | cortex | The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | *(s)kort-ek-s | — |
via Finnish aukaisin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aukaisin | opener; First-person singular indicative past... |
| 2 | Finnish | aukaista | To open |
| 3 | Finnish | auki | open; untied, unbuttoned; up in the air, open |
| 4 | Finnish | aukea | open; clearing; Indicative present connegative... |
| 5 | Finnish | -ea | A suffix for making adjectives from some nouns... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -eda | A generic adjective marker |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -eta | A generic adjective marker, attached to roots |