Where does “porokolari” come from?
porokolari (Finnish) comes from Finnish kolari, from Swedish kolare, from Swedish köl, from Old Swedish kiøl, from Old Norse kjǫlr, from Proto-Norse kelu-, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos — Deictic particle, here; Post-positional...
porokolari (Finnish): (traffic) collision with a reindeer
Definitions
- (traffic) collision with a reindeer
Ancestry of “porokolari”, step by step
porokolari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kolari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kolari | crash, collision, especially an automobile... |
| 2 | Swedish | kolare | a charcoal-burner, a person who produces charcoal... |
| 3 | Swedish | köl | keel |
| 4 | Old Swedish | kiøl | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | kjǫlr | keel |
| 6 | Proto-Norse | kelu- | — |
| 7 | Finnish | Kela | reel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound |
| 8 | Finnish | Kansaneläkelaitos | The Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland |
| 9 | Finnish | känsä | callus |
| 10 | Finnish | kanssa | with; also, too |
| 11 | Finnish | kansassa | — |
| 12 | Finnish | kansa | people; nation |
| 13 | Proto-Finnic | kansa | people, folk |
| 14 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |