Where does “sääpoiju” come from?
sääpoiju (Finnish) comes from Finnish poiju, from Swedish boj, from Middle Low German boie, from Middle Dutch boeye, from Old French boie, from Latin boia, from Ancient Greek βοείη, from Ancient Greek βοῦς — army.
sääpoiju (Finnish): weather buoy
Definitions
- weather buoy
Ancestry of “sääpoiju”, step by step
sääpoiju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish poiju
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | poiju | buoy |
| 2 | Swedish | boj | buoy; a moored float; baize |
| 3 | Middle Low German | boie | — |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | boeye | life buoy; float, buoy; shackle, fetter |
| 5 | Old French | boie | bond, chain; fetter, chain, clog |
| 6 | Latin | boia | fetter, collar for the neck |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | βοείη | ox hide |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | βοῦς | cow, ox, cattle; shield: ὃτι ἐκ βοείων ἐστι... |
| 9 | Latin | corvus | A raven; a bird associated with prophecy and... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |