Where does “lampunvaihtovitsi” come from?
lampunvaihtovitsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish lampunvaihto, from Finnish lamppu, from Swedish lämpa, from Old Norse lampi, from Middle Low German lampe, from Latin lampas, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς — sound, voice.
lampunvaihtovitsi (Finnish): light bulb joke
Definitions
- light bulb joke
Ancestry of “lampunvaihtovitsi”, step by step
lampunvaihtovitsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lampunvaihto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lampunvaihto | act of changing a light bulb |
| 2 | Finnish | lamppu | lamp; light bulb |
| 3 | Swedish | lämpa | to be suitable; to dump, to unload |
| 4 | Old Norse | lampi | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | lampe | — |
| 6 | Latin | lampas | lamp, lantern; torch, flambeau; firebrand |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λαμπάς | torch, wax-light; lamp |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 10 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 12 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 13 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 14 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 15 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via Finnish vitsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vitsi | joke |
| 2 | German | witz | joke |
| 3 | Middle High German | witz | — |
| 4 | Old High German | wizzi | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | wītī | punishment |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | witją | knowledge; reason; sense; understanding; wit |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *witaną | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wóyde | to have seen, to know |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | weyd- | to see |