Where does “ratagolf” come from?
ratagolf (Finnish) comes from Finnish golf, from English golf, from Middle Dutch colve, from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz, from Proto-Indo-European ǵel- — to swallow; swallow.
ratagolf (Finnish): miniature golf
Definitions
- miniature golf
Ancestry of “ratagolf”, step by step
ratagolf traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish golf
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | golf | golf |
| 2 | English | golf | A ball game played by individuals competing... |
| 3 | Middle Dutch | colve | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *kulbaz | round object, lump |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵel- | to swallow; swallow |
via Finnish Rata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Rata | The former (Finnish) Financial Supervision Authority authority supervising financial markets and participants; merged with another authority in 2009 |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *rata | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tradō | way; track; spoor |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |