Where does “sekuntikaupalla” come from?
sekuntikaupalla (Finnish) comes from Finnish sekunti, from Swedish sekund, from Latin secunda, from Latin secundus, from Latin sequor, from Proto-Italic sekʷōr, from Proto-Indo-European sékʷetor, from Proto-Indo-European sekʷ- — to follow; to see; to say.
sekuntikaupalla (Finnish): by several seconds
Definitions
- by several seconds
Ancestry of “sekuntikaupalla”, step by step
sekuntikaupalla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sekunti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sekunti | second |
| 2 | Swedish | sekund | second |
| 3 | Latin | secunda | inflection of secundus: ## feminine... |
| 4 | Latin | secundus | second, the ordinal number after prīmus and... |
| 5 | Latin | sequor | I follow, come or go after |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | sekʷōr | follow, come/go after |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sékʷetor | to be following |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |