Where does “romukauppias” come from?

romukauppias (Finnish) comes from Finnish kauppias, from Finnish kauppa, from Proto-Germanic kaupaz, from Latin caupo, from Proto-Indo-European kaup-.

romukauppias (Finnish): junkman

Definitions

  1. junkman

Ancestry of “romukauppias”, step by step

romukauppias traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kauppias

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkauppiastrader; shop owner, merchant
2Finnishkauppacommerce, business, trade; traffic; buying and...
3Proto-Germanickaupazpurchase
4LatincaupoTradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper
5Proto-Indo-Europeankaup-

via Finnish romu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishromuscrap, junk, especially one that consists of...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kaup-