Where does “sinunkaupat” come from?
sinunkaupat (Finnish) comes from Finnish kauppa, from Proto-Germanic kaupaz, from Latin caupo, from Proto-Indo-European kaup-.
sinunkaupat (Finnish): a trade made to establish a first name basis
Definitions
- a trade made to establish a first name basis
Ancestry of “sinunkaupat”, step by step
sinunkaupat traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kauppa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kauppa | commerce, business, trade; traffic; buying and... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | kaupaz | purchase |
| 3 | Latin | caupo | Tradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | kaup- | — |
via Finnish sinä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sinä | you second-person singular personal pronoun, used in familiar or neutral contexts, thou |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | cinä | you |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | tinä | you, thou |