Where does “korpilakkoilu” come from?
korpilakkoilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish lakkoilu, from Finnish lakkoilla, from Finnish lakko, from Finnish lakata, from Finnish lakka, from Swedish lack, from French lacque, from Portuguese laca — to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save,...
korpilakkoilu (Finnish): organizing a wildcat strike
Definitions
- organizing a wildcat strike
Ancestry of “korpilakkoilu”, step by step
korpilakkoilu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lakkoilu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lakkoilu | striking refusing to work |
| 2 | Finnish | lakkoilla | To strike |
| 3 | Finnish | lakko | strike |
| 4 | Finnish | lakata | to cease, come to an end, end, stop, finish; to... |
| 5 | Finnish | lakka | varnish, lacquer |
| 6 | Swedish | lack | lacquer |
| 7 | French | lacque | a sort of sealing wax |
| 8 | Portuguese | laca | lake; lac |
| 9 | Persian | لاک | trough, wooden vessel |
| 10 | Urdu | لاکھ | lakh, lac |
| 11 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 | — |
| 12 | Sanskrit | लक्ष | a mark, sign, token; a mark to aim at, target,... |
| 13 | Sanskrit | लक्ष् | perceive, observe; recognise; to mark, sign |
| 14 | Sanskrit | रक्ष् | to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save,... |
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 |