Where does “pahvikotelo” come from?
pahvikotelo (Finnish) comes from Finnish kotelo, from Finnish -lö, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
pahvikotelo (Finnish): cardboard box, cardboard case, cardboard carton; carton box
Definitions
- cardboard box, cardboard case, cardboard carton; carton box
Ancestry of “pahvikotelo”, step by step
pahvikotelo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kotelo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kotelo | pupa; cocoon; case, box, capsule, enclosure |
| 2 | Finnish | -lö | Front vowel variant of -lo |
| 3 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 4 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish pahvi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pahvi | Relatively thick and stiff cardboard. According... |
| 2 | Swedish | paff | stunned, speechless |
| 3 | German | Pappe | paperboard, cardboard; a piece of paper laced... |
| 4 | Middle High German | pappe | pap, mash; pap, flour mash; porridge, mush |
| 5 | Latin | pappa | second-person singular present active imperative... |
| 6 | Latin | pappo | I eat, eat pap |