Where does “pääpukari” come from?
pääpukari (Finnish) comes from Finnish pukari, from Swedish puckare, from Swedish puck, from English Puck, from English Pike, from French piqué, from French piquer, from Middle French picquer — "low-pitch humming noise".
pääpukari (Finnish): ringleader, head honcho
Definitions
- ringleader, head honcho
Ancestry of “pääpukari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pukari | bully, stirrer, troublemaker |
| 2 | Swedish | puckare | ice hockey player |
| 3 | Swedish | puck | a puck |
| 4 | English | Puck | A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore |
| 5 | English | Pike | A member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity |
| 6 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 7 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 8 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 9 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 10 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 11 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 12 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |