Where does “lentokonekaappaaja” come from?
lentokonekaappaaja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaappaaja, from Finnish kaapata, from Swedish kåpa, from Dutch kapen, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi, from Proto-West Germanic andī — on, onto.
lentokonekaappaaja (Finnish): airplane hijacker
Definitions
- airplane hijacker
Ancestry of “lentokonekaappaaja”, step by step
lentokonekaappaaja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kaappaaja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaappaaja | hijacker |
| 2 | Finnish | kaapata | to capture, abduct, kidnap; to hijack |
| 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 |