Where does “kuningaskaappari” come from?
kuningaskaappari (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaappari, from Swedish kapare, from Swedish kåpa, from Dutch kapen, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī — on, onto.
Ancestry of “kuningaskaappari”, step by step
kuningaskaappari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaappari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaappari | hijacker; privateer |
| 2 | Swedish | kapare | hijacker |
| 3 | Swedish | kåpa | cowl, cloak, hood; cover |
| 4 | Dutch | kapen | to hijack, to seize control of something -... |
| 5 | Dutch | en | and; well, so; plus, and |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | ende | and; end |
| 7 | Old Dutch | endi | end |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | andī | end |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |