Where does “parkkipirkko” come from?
parkkipirkko (Finnish) comes from Finnish parkki, from Swedish bark, from Dutch bark, from French barque, from Middle French barque, from Occitan barca, from Old Occitan barca, from Late Latin barca — a type of ship used for traveling or transporting...
parkkipirkko (Finnish): meter maid female parking enforcement officer
Definitions
- meter maid female parking enforcement officer
Ancestry of “parkkipirkko”, step by step
parkkipirkko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish parkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | parkki | bark; tannic; refers to parking or a vehicle... |
| 2 | Swedish | bark | bark; barque |
| 3 | Dutch | bark | the bark of certain trees, used for its tannin;... |
| 4 | French | barque | small boat |
| 5 | Middle French | barque | small ship |
| 6 | Occitan | barca | dinghy, boat |
| 7 | Old Occitan | barca | — |
| 8 | Late Latin | barca | small watercraft; small watercraft, barge, bark |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | *barica | — |
| 10 | Classical Latin | bāris | — |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | βᾶρις | flat-bottomed boat, used in Egypt; farmhouse,... |
| 12 | Coptic | ⲃⲁⲁⲣⲉ | boat, barge |
| 13 | Demotic | br | — |
| 14 | Egyptian | bꜣjr | a type of ship used for traveling or transporting... |
via Finnish Pirkko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Pirkko | Bridget |
| 2 | Finnish | Piritta | — |
| 3 | Swedish | Birgitta | Bridget |
| 4 | Old Irish | Brigit | The goddess of the Sacred Flame of Kildare and the patron goddess of the Druids. Daughter of the Dagdae of the Túatha Dé Danann |
| 5 | Proto-Celtic | brigantī | something high or elevated; an exalted person |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰérǵʰonts | high |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰerǵʰ- | to rise; high, lofty; hill, mountain |