Where does “parisenkymmentä” come from?
parisenkymmentä (Finnish) comes from Finnish parisen, from Finnish pari, from Swedish par, from English peer, from English pee, from English piss, from Middle English pisse, from Middle English pissen — I piss.
parisenkymmentä (Finnish): a couple dozen
Definitions
- a couple dozen
Ancestry of “parisenkymmentä”, step by step
parisenkymmentä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish parisen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | parisen | about two, a couple |
| 2 | Finnish | pari | couple, pair; partner; battery cell |
| 3 | Swedish | par | a pair, a couple; a couple, two people who are... |
| 4 | English | peer | To look with difficulty, or as if searching for... |
| 5 | English | pee | Urine; To urinate; To drizzle |
| 6 | English | piss | Urine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic... |
| 7 | Middle English | pisse | piss, urine; Alternative form of pissen |
| 8 | Middle English | pissen | To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To... |
| 9 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 10 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 11 | Latin | pissio | I piss |