Where does “rokulipäivä” come from?
rokulipäivä (Finnish) comes from Finnish rokuli, 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 — passed , crossed.
rokulipäivä (Finnish): day of hooky, day taken off work
Definitions
- day of hooky, day taken off work
Ancestry of “rokulipäivä”, step by step
rokulipäivä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rokuli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rokuli | hooky, truancy, shirking self-initiated absence from work |
| 2 | Russian | прогул | unexcused absence, truancy, shirking; absenteeism |
| 3 | Russian | прогуля́ть | to walk, to stroll (for some time or some distance) |
| 4 | Russian | про́- | through, past describing an action of passing through a space or an object |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | pro- | pro-, for-, through |
| 6 | Proto-Slavic | *pro | for |
| 7 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *pra | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pró | toward, leading to |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |