Where does “postinlajittelukeskus” come from?
postinlajittelukeskus (Finnish) comes from Finnish postinlajittelu, from Finnish lajittelu, from Finnish lajitella, from Finnish lajittaa, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
postinlajittelukeskus (Finnish): mail sorting center
Definitions
- mail sorting center
Ancestry of “postinlajittelukeskus”, step by step
postinlajittelukeskus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish postinlajittelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | postinlajittelu | mail sorting |
| 2 | Finnish | lajittelu | sorting |
| 3 | Finnish | lajitella | to sort; to classify, categorize; to size |
| 4 | Finnish | lajittaa | Alternative form of lajitella |
| 5 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 6 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 7 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 8 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 10 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 11 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 12 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 13 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 14 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |