Where does “ruokintahäkki” come from?
ruokintahäkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish häkki, from English hack, from English hackysack, from English hackeysack, from English sack, from Middle English sak, from Old English sacc, from Old English sæcc — sack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential...
ruokintahäkki (Finnish): feeder, feeder box, feeding cage a platform with a metal frame for feeding animals, e.g. cattle or horses
Definitions
- feeder, feeder box, feeding cage a platform with a metal frame for feeding animals, e.g. cattle or horses
Ancestry of “ruokintahäkki”, step by step
ruokintahäkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish häkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | häkki | cage; goal |
| 2 | English | hack | To chop or cut down in a rough manner; To cough... |
| 3 | English | hackysack | Alternative form of hackeysack |
| 4 | English | hackeysack | A non-competition sport in which a small sack, or... |
| 5 | English | sack | A bag; especially a large bag of strong, coarse... |
| 6 | Middle English | sak | bag, sackcloth |
| 7 | Old English | sacc | sack, bag |
| 8 | Old English | sæcc | battle, strife, fighting |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | sakku | sack, bag |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | sakkuz | sack, bag, purse |
| 11 | Latin | saccus | sack, bag; purse, wallet, moneybag; garment of... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | σάκκος | sack; sackcloth; sackcloth vestment, penitential... |
via Finnish ruokinta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ruokinta | feeding |
| 2 | Finnish | ruokkia | to feed; Partitive singular form of ruokki |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | rookkidak | to care for, to tend, to feed |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | rōkijaną | to care, care for, take care of; to mind, heed,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | reǵ- | to bind; straight, direct; straight, right |