Where does “puukkotohtori” come from?
puukkotohtori (Finnish) comes from Finnish tohtori, from Swedish doktor, from Latin doctor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
puukkotohtori (Finnish): sawbones, surgeon
Definitions
- sawbones, surgeon
Ancestry of “puukkotohtori”, step by step
puukkotohtori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tohtori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tohtori | doctor; physician |
| 2 | Swedish | doktor | doctor; physician; doctor; person who has... |
| 3 | Latin | doctor | teacher, instructor; catechist |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |