Where does “mustapaku” come from?
mustapaku (Finnish) comes from Finnish paku, from Finnish pakettiauto, from Finnish auto, from Finnish automobiili, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.
mustapaku (Finnish): tambaqui, black pacu, black-finned pacu, giant pacu, Colossoma macropomum large freshwater fish native to tropical South America
Definitions
- tambaqui, black pacu, black-finned pacu, giant pacu, Colossoma macropomum large freshwater fish native to tropical South America
Ancestry of “mustapaku”, step by step
mustapaku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish paku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | paku | van vehicle |
| 2 | Finnish | pakettiauto | van; delivery van |
| 3 | Finnish | auto | car, automobile |
| 4 | Finnish | automobiili | automobile, car |
| 5 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 6 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |