Where does “poikkihirsi” come from?
poikkihirsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish poikki-, from Finnish poikki, from Finnish poikitse, from Finnish itse, from Proto-Finnic icek, from Hebrew יצחק — to laugh.
poikkihirsi (Finnish): wooden crossbeam, a log acting as a crossbeam
Definitions
- wooden crossbeam, a log acting as a crossbeam
Ancestry of “poikkihirsi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | poikki- | cross-, transverse |
| 2 | Finnish | poikki | broken into two or more pieces; off; exhausted,... |
| 3 | Finnish | poikitse | (Scattered/strewn) here and there, all over (the place), (all) spread out |
| 4 | Finnish | itse | oneself; used to emphasize the person of the head... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | icek | self |
| 6 | Hebrew | יצחק | to laugh |