Where does “sikäli” come from?
sikäli (Finnish) comes from Finnish ka, from Finnish kaa, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa, from Finnish kansa, from Proto-Finnic kansa, from Proto-Germanic hansō, from Proto-Indo-European ḱómsōd — resin.
sikäli (Finnish): as far (as), insofar usually with
Definitions
- as far (as), insofar usually with
Ancestry of “sikäli”, step by step
sikäli traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ka | look!; also, too |
| 2 | Finnish | kaa | with; API; two |
| 3 | Finnish | kanssa | with; also, too |
| 4 | Finnish | kansassa | — |
| 5 | Finnish | kansa | people; nation |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | kansa | people, folk |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
via Finnish li
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | li | — |