Where does “mennä sukset ristiin” come from?
mennä sukset ristiin (Finnish) comes from Finnish suksi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *suksi, from Proto-Uralic sükśe, from French succès, from Middle French succes, from Latin successus, from Latin succēdere, from Latin sub.
mennä sukset ristiin (Finnish): to cross swords
Definitions
- to cross swords
Ancestry of “mennä sukset ristiin”, step by step
mennä sukset ristiin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish suksi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suksi | ski; Third-person singular indicative past form... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *suksi | — |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | sükśe | autumn |
| 4 | French | succès | success; achievement |
| 5 | Middle French | succes | success |
| 6 | Latin | successus | course, flow (of time), approach |
| 7 | Latin | succēdere | — |
| 8 | Latin | sub | under, beneath; behind; at the feet of |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | supo | under |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |