Where does “merikapteeninkirja” come from?
merikapteeninkirja (Finnish) comes from Finnish merikapteeni, from Finnish kapteeni, from Swedish kapten, from Old Swedish kapiten, from Old French capitaine, from Latin capitāneus, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
merikapteeninkirja (Finnish): sea captain license, sea captain certificate
Definitions
- sea captain license, sea captain certificate
Ancestry of “merikapteeninkirja”, step by step
merikapteeninkirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish merikapteeni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | merikapteeni | sea captain |
| 2 | Finnish | kapteeni | A captain; A pilot in command |
| 3 | Swedish | kapten | captain; the person lawfully in command of a... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | kapiten | — |
| 5 | Old French | capitaine | leader |
| 6 | Latin | capitāneus | large, chief in size |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |