Where does “ramppikuume” come from?
ramppikuume (Finnish) comes from Finnish ramppi, from English ramp, from French rampe, from French ramper, from Middle French ramper, from Old French ramper, from Frankish rampōn, from Frankish rampa — to cut, cut off, sever.
ramppikuume (Finnish): stage fright
Definitions
- stage fright
Ancestry of “ramppikuume”, step by step
ramppikuume traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ramppi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ramppi | ramp; apron, ramp; way |
| 2 | English | ramp | An inclined surface that connects two levels; an... |
| 3 | French | rampe | ramp |
| 4 | French | ramper | to crawl, worm (along); to creep |
| 5 | Middle French | ramper | to crawl |
| 6 | Old French | ramper | to climb; to ascend; to go up |
| 7 | Frankish | rampōn | — |
| 8 | Frankish | rampa | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hrempaną | to bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle; to curve,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreb- | to turn; to touch; to turn, bend, shrink, rotate,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |