Where does “poikkeutus” come from?
poikkeutus (Finnish) comes from Finnish poikkeuttaa, from Finnish poiketa, from Finnish poikki-, from Finnish poikki, from Finnish poikitse, from Finnish itse, from Proto-Finnic icek, from Hebrew יצחק — to laugh.
poikkeutus (Finnish): deflection the act of deflecting
Definitions
- deflection the act of deflecting
Ancestry of “poikkeutus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | poikkeuttaa | to deflect, to make deviate |
| 2 | Finnish | poiketa | to differ from, be different from, depart,... |
| 3 | Finnish | poikki- | cross-, transverse |
| 4 | Finnish | poikki | broken into two or more pieces; off; exhausted,... |
| 5 | Finnish | poikitse | (Scattered/strewn) here and there, all over (the place), (all) spread out |
| 6 | Finnish | itse | oneself; used to emphasize the person of the head... |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | icek | self |
| 8 | Hebrew | יצחק | to laugh |