Where does “romukoppa” come from?
romukoppa (Finnish) comes from Finnish koppa, from Ancient Greek κόππα, from Ancient Greek ϙόππα, from Phoenician 𐤒 — qoph; qop.
romukoppa (Finnish): scrap heap
Ancestry of “romukoppa”, step by step
romukoppa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish koppa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koppa | basket; koppa |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κόππα | Alternative form of ϙόππα |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ϙόππα | qoppa, an archaic letter Ϙ, ϙ of the Ancient... |
| 4 | Phoenician | 𐤒 | qoph; qop |
via Finnish romu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | romu | scrap, junk, especially one that consists of... |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |