Where does “korpilakko” come from?
korpilakko (Finnish) comes from Finnish lakko, from Finnish lakata, from Finnish lakka, from Swedish lack, from French lacque, from Portuguese laca, from Persian لاک, from Urdu لاکھ.
korpilakko (Finnish): wildcat strike unauthorized strike
Definitions
- wildcat strike unauthorized strike
Ancestry of “korpilakko”, step by step
korpilakko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lakko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lakko | strike |
| 2 | Finnish | lakata | to cease, come to an end, end, stop, finish; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | lakka | varnish, lacquer |
| 4 | Swedish | lack | lacquer |
| 5 | French | lacque | a sort of sealing wax |
| 6 | Portuguese | laca | lake; lac |
| 7 | Persian | لاک | trough, wooden vessel |
| 8 | Urdu | لاکھ | lakh, lac |
| 9 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 | — |
| 10 | Sanskrit | लक्ष | a mark, sign, token; a mark to aim at, target,... |
| 11 | Sanskrit | लक्ष् | perceive, observe; recognise; to mark, sign |
| 12 | Sanskrit | रक्ष् | to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hrakṣ- | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrakš- | — |
via Finnish korpi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | korpi | a boreal forest type appearing on moist moraine... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | korpi | deep forest |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | korpe | woods, forest |
| 4 | Portuguese | corpo | body; corpse, cadaver; Any limited amount of... |
| 5 | Old Portuguese | corpo | — |
| 6 | Latin | corpus | body, person; substance, material; the flesh of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | korpos | body |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | krépos | body |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | krep- | body |