Where does “lopetuskeppi” come from?
lopetuskeppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish keppi, from Swedish käpp, from Dutch kap, from Middle Dutch cappe, from Late Latin cappa, from Ancient Greek κάππα, from Phoenician 𐤊, from Egyptian 𓂧.
lopetuskeppi (Finnish): pole, stake piece of wood driven in the ground that is used as the finishing point
Definitions
- pole, stake piece of wood driven in the ground that is used as the finishing point
Ancestry of “lopetuskeppi”, step by step
lopetuskeppi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish keppi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keppi | stick, cane; guitar |
| 2 | Swedish | käpp | stick |
| 3 | Dutch | kap | cap; cover; stroke; chopping |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | cappe | — |
| 5 | Late Latin | cappa | cape, hood; cloak; cape, cloak |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κάππα | kappa, the name for the tenth letter Κ, κ of the... |
| 7 | Phoenician | 𐤊 | kaph; kap |
| 8 | Egyptian | 𓂧 | — |
via Finnish lopetus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lopetus | ending, stopping, finishing, ceasing |
| 2 | Finnish | lopettaa | to stop, end, finish, quit; to call it a day; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lop'ettadak | to end, to stop, to finish |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |