Where does “patajätkä” come from?
patajätkä (Finnish) comes from Finnish pata, from Swedish spader, from German Spaten, from Dutch spatten, from Dutch -en, from Middle Dutch -en, from Old Dutch -en, from Proto-Germanic -janą — he, she.
patajätkä (Finnish): jack of spades, knave of spades
Definitions
- jack of spades, knave of spades
Ancestry of “patajätkä”, step by step
patajätkä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pata | cauldron; pot; typically one made of thick... |
| 2 | Swedish | spader | spade, spades |
| 3 | German | Spaten | spade |
| 4 | Dutch | spatten | to splatter, splash |
| 5 | Dutch | -en | Forms verbs from nouns and adjectives. The stem... |
| 6 | Middle Dutch | -en | The ending of the infinitive form of verbs, used... |
| 7 | Old Dutch | -en | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -janą | Derives denominatives from nouns and factitives... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Finnish jätkä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jätkä | A guy, a dude or a bloke; A knave or a jack; A... |