Where does “pistelakko” come from?
pistelakko (Finnish) comes from Finnish lakko, from Finnish lakata, from Finnish lakka, from Swedish lack, from French lacque, from Portuguese laca, from Persian لاک, from Urdu لاکھ.
pistelakko (Finnish): a strike or work stoppage at only one workplace or company
Definitions
- a strike or work stoppage at only one workplace or company
Ancestry of “pistelakko”, step by step
pistelakko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lakko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lakko | strike |
| 2 | Finnish | lakata | to cease, come to an end, end, stop, finish; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | lakka | varnish, lacquer |
| 4 | Swedish | lack | lacquer |
| 5 | French | lacque | a sort of sealing wax |
| 6 | Portuguese | laca | lake; lac |
| 7 | Persian | لاک | trough, wooden vessel |
| 8 | Urdu | لاکھ | lakh, lac |
| 9 | Maharastri Prakrit | 𑀮𑀓𑁆𑀔 | — |
| 10 | Sanskrit | लक्ष | a mark, sign, token; a mark to aim at, target,... |
| 11 | Sanskrit | लक्ष् | perceive, observe; recognise; to mark, sign |
| 12 | Sanskrit | रक्ष् | to protect, guard, watch, take care of, save,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | Hrakṣ- | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Hrakš- | — |
via Finnish piste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piste | point, dot, full stop, period; point |
| 2 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 3 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 5 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 6 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |