Where does “naapurikateus” come from?

naapurikateus (Finnish) comes from Finnish naapuri, from Old Swedish nabor, from Middle Low German nābûr, from Proto-Germanic nēhwagabūrô, from Proto-Germanic nēhwaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗḱwos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂neḱ- — to reach, to attain.

naapurikateus (Finnish): neighbour's envy, neighbourly envy

Definitions

  1. neighbour's envy, neighbourly envy

Ancestry of “naapurikateus”, step by step

naapurikateus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish naapuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnaapurineighbor; In compounds, signifies "neighboring"
2Old Swedishnabor—
3Middle Low Germannābûr—
4Proto-Germanicnēhwagabūrôneighbour
5Proto-Germanicnēhwaznear, close
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂nḗḱwos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂neḱ-to reach, to attain

via Finnish kateus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkateusenvy
2Finnishkadeenvious
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*kadëh—
4Proto-Germanicskaþiz—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂neḱ- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂nḗḱwos →Every word from Proto-Germanic nēhwaz →
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