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