Where does “sirrakuski” come from?
sirrakuski (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuski, from Swedish kusk, from German Kutscher, from German Kutsche, from French couché, from French coucher, from Middle French coucher, from Old French couchier — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
sirrakuski (Finnish): ambo
Definitions
- ambo
Ancestry of “sirrakuski”, step by step
sirrakuski traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kuski
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuski | driver |
| 2 | Swedish | kusk | driver, coachman |
| 3 | German | Kutscher | coachman |
| 4 | German | Kutsche | carriage; coach; A large, old automobile in poor... |
| 5 | French | couché | past participle of coucher; in bed |
| 6 | French | coucher | to lay, to lay down; to put to bed, to put up; to... |
| 7 | Middle French | coucher | to put to bed; setting |
| 8 | Old French | couchier | to go to bed; to have sex; bedtime |
| 9 | Latin | collocō | to place, put, set in order, assign, arrange |
| 10 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 11 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 12 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 16 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 17 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 18 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 19 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 20 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 21 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 22 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Finnish sirra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sirra | ambo |
| 2 | Finnish | sireeni | siren; Alternative form of syreeni |
| 3 | Finnish | Siren | — |
| 4 | Swedish | siren | siren |
| 5 | Latin | Sīrēn | a siren, one of the mythical birds with faces of virgins, that dwelt on the southern coast of Italy, where, with their sweet voices, they enticed ashore those who were sailing by, and then killed them |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Σειρήν | Siren; Siren from Greek mythology |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | σειρά | cord, rope |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | twerH- | to enclose, fence in; to grab, seize; to stir |