Where does “ravikuningatar” come from?
ravikuningatar (Finnish) comes from Finnish ravi, from Swedish grav, from Swedish kapell, from Old Swedish cappell, from Medieval Latin cappella, from Latin cāppa, from Latin caput, from Proto-Italic kaput — to seize, hold.
ravikuningatar (Finnish): a mare female racehorse that has won the Kuninkuusravit
Definitions
- a mare female racehorse that has won the Kuninkuusravit
Ancestry of “ravikuningatar”, step by step
ravikuningatar traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ravi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ravi | trot |
| 2 | Swedish | grav | severe, as in a mistake or a congenital disorder;... |
| 3 | Swedish | kapell | a chapel |
| 4 | Old Swedish | cappell | — |
| 5 | Medieval Latin | cappella | — |
| 6 | Latin | cāppa | cape, cloak |
| 7 | Latin | caput | head; headlike protuberance on an organ or body... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kaput | head |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | káput | head |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kap- | to seize, hold |