Where does “päätyleikkuri” come from?
päätyleikkuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish pääty, from Finnish päätyä, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend, from Old English þūsend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
päätyleikkuri (Finnish): end cutter
Definitions
- end cutter
Ancestry of “päätyleikkuri”, step by step
päätyleikkuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pääty
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pääty | end; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | päätyä | to end up (somewhere) arrive at a destination, either physical or abstract |
| 3 | Finnish | -tua | Forms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs... |
| 4 | Ido | tu | you singular, thou |
| 5 | English | thou | Nominative singular of ye; To address using the... |
| 6 | English | thousand | A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10 |
| 7 | Middle English | thousend | A thousand; 1000 |
| 8 | Old English | þūsend | thousand |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | þūsundi | thousand |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via Finnish leikkuri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | leikkuri | cutter |
| 2 | Finnish | leikata | to cut; to incise; to mow |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | leik'at'ak | to cut |