Where does “poissaolokirja” come from?

poissaolokirja (Finnish) comes from Finnish poissaolo, from Finnish poissa, from Finnish poikki-, from Finnish poikki, from Finnish poikitse, from Finnish itse, from Proto-Finnic icek, from Hebrew יצחק — to laugh.

poissaolokirja (Finnish): a booklet where a teacher fills in details of pupils' absences

Definitions

  1. a booklet where a teacher fills in details of pupils' absences

Ancestry of “poissaolokirja”, step by step

poissaolokirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish poissaolo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpoissaoloabsence
2Finnishpoissaabsent, gone, not there/here, away; out of, away...
3Finnishpoikki-cross-, transverse
4Finnishpoikkibroken into two or more pieces; off; exhausted,...
5Finnishpoikitse(Scattered/strewn) here and there, all over (the place), (all) spread out
6Finnishitseoneself; used to emphasize the person of the head...
7Proto-Finnicicekself
8Hebrewיצחקto laugh

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern
Every word from Hebrew יצחקEvery word from Proto-Finnic icekEvery word from Finnish itse
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