Where does “liitupiippu” come from?
liitupiippu (Finnish) comes from Finnish liitu, from Swedish klita, from Middle Low German krite, from Latin Crēta, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
liitupiippu (Finnish): clay pipe
Definitions
- clay pipe
Ancestry of “liitupiippu”, step by step
liitupiippu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liitu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liitu | chalk |
| 2 | Swedish | klita | chalk |
| 3 | Middle Low German | krite | — |
| 4 | Latin | Crēta | chalk |
| 5 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Finnish piippu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piippu | pipe; barrel; Short for savupiippu |
| 2 | Swedish | pipa | a pipe, a smoking tool; the barrel of a gun; an... |
| 3 | Old Norse | pípa | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | *pīpa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | pīpǭ | A pipe or flute; a wind instrument; A pipe, duct,... |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | pīpaną | To chirp or pipe like a bird or rodent; To talk... |
| 7 | Latin | pipo | I pip, peep |