Where does “päivätyökapula” come from?
päivätyökapula (Finnish) comes from Finnish päivätyö, from Finnish päivä, from Proto-Finnic päivä, from Proto-Uralic päjwä, from Proto-Uralic päje.
päivätyökapula (Finnish): a wooden billet used to mark days of work
Definitions
- a wooden billet used to mark days of work
Ancestry of “päivätyökapula”, step by step
päivätyökapula traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish päivätyö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | päivätyö | daywork; day's work; Synonym of elämäntyö |
| 2 | Finnish | päivä | day; the sun |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | päivä | sun; day |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | päjwä | ? warmth; ? sun; ? fire |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | päje | — |
via Finnish kapula
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kapula | a small, solid piece of wood, often shaped for a... |
| 2 | Dalmatian | capula | onion |
| 3 | Latin | cēpulla | onion-bed, onion-field |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |