Where does “kytkinkoppa” come from?
kytkinkoppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish koppa, from Ancient Greek κόππα, from Ancient Greek ϙόππα, from Phoenician 𐤒 — qoph; qop.
kytkinkoppa (Finnish): bell housing
Ancestry of “kytkinkoppa”, step by step
kytkinkoppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish koppa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koppa | basket; koppa |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κόππα | Alternative form of ϙόππα |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ϙόππα | qoppa, an archaic letter Ϙ, ϙ of the Ancient... |
| 4 | Phoenician | 𐤒 | qoph; qop |
via Finnish kytkin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kytkin | switch; clutch; First-person singular indicative... |
| 2 | Finnish | kytkeä | to hook, hook up, connect, couple; "~ irti" = to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kütkedäk | to bind, to tie |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kütke- | to bind |