Where does “rokuli” come from?
rokuli (Finnish) comes from Russian прогул, from Russian прогуля́ть, from Russian про́-, from Proto-Slavic pro-, from Proto-Slavic *pro, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *pra, from Proto-Indo-European pró, from Proto-Indo-European per- — passed , crossed.
rokuli (Finnish): hooky, truancy, shirking self-initiated absence from work
Definitions
- hooky, truancy, shirking self-initiated absence from work
Ancestry of “rokuli”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | прогул | unexcused absence, truancy, shirking; absenteeism |
| 2 | Russian | прогуля́ть | to walk, to stroll (for some time or some distance) |
| 3 | Russian | про́- | through, past describing an action of passing through a space or an object |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | pro- | pro-, for-, through |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | *pro | for |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *pra | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |