Where does “pukkuri” come from?
pukkuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish pukkia, from Finnish pukata, from Swedish bocka, from Irish púca, from English Puck, from English Pike, from French piqué, from French piquer — "low-pitch humming noise".
pukkuri (Finnish): one-man pitsaw, ripsaw
Definitions
- one-man pitsaw, ripsaw
Ancestry of “pukkuri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pukkia | — |
| 2 | Finnish | pukata | to shove, push |
| 3 | Swedish | bocka | to bend; to bow |
| 4 | Irish | púca | hobgoblin, pooka, puck; surly, uncommunicative... |
| 5 | English | Puck | A mischievous sprite in Celtic mythology and English folklore |
| 6 | English | Pike | A member of the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity |
| 7 | French | piqué | past participle of piquer; dive; two fabrics... |
| 8 | French | piquer | to prick; to sting; to nick, pinch, steal |
| 9 | Middle French | picquer | to sting |
| 10 | Old French | piquer | to pierce with the tip of a sword |
| 11 | Vulgar Latin | piccare | to puncture; to sting, strike; to pierce |
| 12 | Frankish | pikkōn | to peck, strike |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | pikōną | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | bew- | "low-pitch humming noise" |