Where does “kouluhuoltaja” come from?
kouluhuoltaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish huoltaja, from Finnish huoltaa, from Finnish huoli, from Proto-Finnic hooli, from Swedish hål, from Old Swedish hul, from Old Norse hól, from Proto-Germanic hulą — to cover; to incline.
kouluhuoltaja (Finnish): school custodian
Definitions
- school custodian
Ancestry of “kouluhuoltaja”, step by step
kouluhuoltaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish huoltaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | huoltaja | A guardian of a minor |
| 2 | Finnish | huoltaa | To maintain, support, upkeep; To service;... |
| 3 | Finnish | huoli | worry, concern; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | hooli | worry, concern |
| 5 | Swedish | hål | a hole; a hole, an opening in something solid; a... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | hul | — |
| 7 | Old Norse | hól | a hole |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulą | a hollow; depression; hole |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hulaz | hollow |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |