Where does “pakanuudenaika” come from?
pakanuudenaika (Finnish) comes from Finnish pakanuus, from Finnish pakana, from Tagalog kana, from Tagalog amerikana, from English Americana, from English America, from Latin America, from Italian Amerigo — to straighten, to right oneself; right; just.
pakanuudenaika (Finnish): Pagan period: period before Christianization
Definitions
- Pagan period: period before Christianization
Ancestry of “pakanuudenaika”, step by step
pakanuudenaika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pakanuus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pakanuus | paganism |
| 2 | Finnish | pakana | pagan; heathen |
| 3 | Tagalog | kana | deception; falsity |
| 4 | Tagalog | amerikana | coat US; jacket; tuxedo |
| 5 | English | Americana | All things peculiar to the United States' culture... |
| 6 | English | America | — |
| 7 | Latin | America | — |
| 8 | Italian | Amerigo | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | *Amalarīks | — |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | Haimarīks | Henry |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | rīks | king, ruler |
| 12 | Proto-Celtic | rīxs | king |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃rḗǵs | king, ruler |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃reǵ- | to straighten, to right oneself; right; just |
via Finnish aika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aika | time; time, moment; appointment |
| 2 | Finnish | -isin | The case suffix denoting temporal distributive;... |
| 3 | Hungarian | isi | school |
| 4 | Hungarian | -i | Added to a proper noun, noun or postposition to... |
| 5 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 6 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |