Where does “raviveikkaus” come from?
raviveikkaus (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.
raviveikkaus (Finnish): harness racing betting
Definitions
- harness racing betting
Ancestry of “raviveikkaus”, step by step
raviveikkaus 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 |
via Finnish veikkaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | veikkaus | guess; football pool, pools; sweep |
| 2 | Finnish | veikata | to guess, bet, be one's bet; to play football... |
| 3 | Finnish | veikka | guy, bloke |
| 4 | Finnish | veto | pull; draught/draft of air; stroke of hand, oar... |
| 5 | Latin | veto | I forbid, oppose, veto; I forbid it! I protest! |
| 6 | Latin | voto | dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wetā(je)- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | weth₂- | to say |