Where does “pässinpökkimät” come from?
pässinpökkimät (Finnish) comes from Finnish pökkiä, from Finnish pökätä, from Finnish pukata, from Swedish bocka, from Irish púca, from English Puck, from English Pike, from French piqué — "low-pitch humming noise".
pässinpökkimät (Finnish): thick woolen socks or trousers
Definitions
- thick woolen socks or trousers
Ancestry of “pässinpökkimät”, step by step
pässinpökkimät traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pökkiä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pökkiä | to butt, to shove strike bluntly, particularly with the head |
| 2 | Finnish | pökätä | to shove, to butt |
| 3 | Finnish | pukata | to shove, push |
| 4 | Swedish | bocka | to bend; to bow |
| 5 | Irish | púca | hobgoblin, pooka, puck; surly, uncommunicative... |
| 6 | English | Puck | A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore |
| 7 | English | Pike | A member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity |
| 8 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 9 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 10 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 11 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 12 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 13 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |
via Finnish pässi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pässi | A ram; A stubborn person |
| 2 | Swedish | pass | passport; place which you pass or is passing;... |
| 3 | German | Paß | pass, mountain pass |
| 4 | French | passeport | passport |
| 5 | French | port | port, harbour; port, harbour city; refuge |
| 6 | French | porter | to carry; to support, to bear; to wear |
| 7 | English | porter | A person who carries luggage and related objects;... |
| 8 | Middle English | porter | gatekeeper, doorkeeper |
| 9 | Old French | portour | carrier; bearer |
| 10 | Old French | porter | to carry; to carry a child |
| 11 | Old French | -ment | Used to form adverbs, most of the time equivalent... |
| 12 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 13 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |