Where does “nostokori” come from?
nostokori (Finnish) comes from Finnish kori, from Swedish korg, from Old Swedish korgher, from Old Norse kǫrf, from Middle Low German korf, from Old Saxon korf, from Proto-Germanic *korb, from Latin corbis — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
nostokori (Finnish): cage
Definitions
- cage
Ancestry of “nostokori”, step by step
nostokori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kori | basket; made of wicker; bodywork, auto body |
| 2 | Swedish | korg | basket; Short for vagnskorg |
| 3 | Old Swedish | korgher | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | kǫrf | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | korf | — |
| 6 | Old Saxon | korf | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | *korb | — |
| 8 | Latin | corbis | basket; basketful |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | korb | basket |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | kurbaz | — |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | krebô | basket |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Finnish nosto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nosto | lift; raise; cash withdrawal |
| 2 | Finnish | nostaa | to lift, raise, elevate; to hoist; to push up |
| 3 | Finnish | -iäinen | Front vowel variant of -iainen |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |