Where does “olla sukua” come from?
olla sukua (Finnish) comes from Finnish sukua, from English square, from Middle English square, from Old French esquarre, from Vulgar Latin exquadra, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis — whale, sea monster; abyss.
olla sukua (Finnish): to be kin to, be relative of; to be cognate to or...
Definitions
- to be kin to, be relative of; to be cognate to or...
Ancestry of “olla sukua”, step by step
olla sukua traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sukua
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sukua | Partitive singular form of suku |
| 2 | English | square | A polygon with four sides of equal length and... |
| 3 | Middle English | square | A square tool used to ensure a right angle |
| 4 | Old French | esquarre | square |
| 5 | Vulgar Latin | exquadra | — |
| 6 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 7 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 8 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 9 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 14 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 15 | Russian | кит | whale; genitive plural of ки́та |
| 16 | Old Church Slavonic | китъ | whale |
| 17 | Ancient Greek | κῆτος | whale, sea monster; abyss |