Where does “poissaolovihko” come from?
poissaolovihko (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.
poissaolovihko (Finnish): a notebook where instances of absence from school are recorded in addition to the causes
Definitions
- a notebook where instances of absence from school are recorded in addition to the causes
Ancestry of “poissaolovihko”, step by step
poissaolovihko traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish poissaolo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | poissaolo | absence |
| 2 | Finnish | poissa | absent, gone, not there/here, away; out of, away... |
| 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 |