Where does “pääpostikonttori” come from?
pääpostikonttori (Finnish) comes from Finnish postikonttori, from Finnish konttori, from Swedish kontor, from Middle Low German kontôr, from Middle Dutch contoor, from Middle French contoir, from Middle French compter, from Old French compter — a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden...
pääpostikonttori (Finnish): main post office
Definitions
- main post office
Ancestry of “pääpostikonttori”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | postikonttori | post office |
| 2 | Finnish | konttori | office |
| 3 | Swedish | kontor | office; building or room |
| 4 | Middle Low German | kontôr | commercial branch; writing room; counting... |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | contoor | — |
| 6 | Middle French | contoir | Alternative spelling of comptoir |
| 7 | Middle French | compter | to recount; to tell |
| 8 | Old French | compter | — |
| 9 | Latin | computāre | — |
| 10 | Latin | computō | to calculate, compute, reckon together |
| 11 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 12 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 13 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 14 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 15 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 18 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 19 | Middle Dutch | kitte | a wooden vessel made of hooped staves; wooden... |