Where does “korkituskone” come from?
korkituskone (Finnish) comes from Finnish korkitus, from Finnish korkittaa, from Finnish korkki, from Swedish kork, from German Kork, from Dutch kurk, from Middle Dutch curc, from Spanish corcho.
korkituskone (Finnish): capping machine, corking machine
Definitions
- capping machine, corking machine
Ancestry of “korkituskone”, step by step
korkituskone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish korkitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | korkitus | corking |
| 2 | Finnish | korkittaa | to cork |
| 3 | Finnish | korkki | cork; cap, top, lip |
| 4 | Swedish | kork | cork; bark from the cork oak; cork; bottle... |
| 5 | German | Kork | cork |
| 6 | Dutch | kurk | cork |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | curc | cork |
| 8 | Spanish | corcho | cork |
| 9 | Latin | cortex | The bark of a tree; the bark of a cork tree;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | *(s)kort-ek-s | — |