Where does “lehtijousipakka” come from?
lehtijousipakka (Finnish) comes from Finnish pakka, from Swedish backe, from Old Norse bakki, from Proto-Germanic bankô — bank, embankment; a hill.
lehtijousipakka (Finnish): leaf spring
Definitions
- leaf spring
Ancestry of “lehtijousipakka”, step by step
lehtijousipakka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pakka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pakka | deck; bundle; roll |
| 2 | Swedish | backe | slope; a piece of ground which slopes; ground;... |
| 3 | Old Norse | bakki | bank; ridge, bank; a mound on which the target is... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | bankô | bank, embankment; a hill |
via Finnish lehtijousi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lehtijousi | leaf spring |
| 2 | Finnish | Lehti | leaf part of a plant |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *lehti | — |