Where does “paasiarkku” come from?

paasiarkku (Finnish) comes from Finnish paaši, from French page, from Italian paggio, from Old French page, from Late Latin pagius, from Ancient Greek παιδίον, from Ancient Greek παῖς, from Proto-Hellenic pā́wits — few, little; smallness.

paasiarkku (Finnish): dolmen, hunebed

Definitions

  1. dolmen, hunebed

Ancestry of “paasiarkku”, step by step

paasiarkku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish paaši

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpaašipage
2Frenchpagepage; page, web page; page, page boy
3Italianpaggiopage; pageboy
4Old Frenchpagepage one face of a sheet of paper or similar material
5Late Latinpagiusservant; Servant
6Ancient Greekπαιδίονlittle child, young child
7Ancient Greekπαῖςchild, son, daughter; young person, child, boy,...
8Proto-Hellenicpā́witschild
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpéh₂wids
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₂w-few, little; smallness

via Finnish arkku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnisharkkuchest; trunk; coffin
2Proto-Norseᚨᚱᚲᚢ
3Latinarcachest, box, coffer, safe; coffin; ark
4LatinarceoI shut up, enclose; box in; I keep off, ward off;...
5Proto-Italicarkeōto contain
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂erk-to protect, guard, hold, lock
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w-