Where does “poijutus” come from?
poijutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish poijuttaa, from Finnish poiju, from Swedish boj, from Middle Low German boie, from Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French boie, from Latin boia, from Ancient Greek βοείη — army.
poijutus (Finnish): buoying, marking with a buoy
Definitions
- buoying, marking with a buoy
Ancestry of “poijutus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | poijuttaa | to buoy, to mark with a buoy |
| 2 | Finnish | poiju | buoy |
| 3 | Swedish | boj | buoy; a moored float; baize |
| 4 | Middle Low German | boie | — |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | boeye | life buoy; float, buoy; shackle, fetter |
| 6 | Old French | boie | bond, chain; fetter, chain, clog |
| 7 | Latin | boia | fetter, collar for the neck |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βοείη | ox hide |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 10 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |