Where does “skeittiramppi” come from?
skeittiramppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish ramppi, from English ramp, from French rampe, from French ramper, from Middle French ramper, from Old French ramper, from Frankish rampōn, from Frankish rampa — to cut, cut off, sever.
skeittiramppi (Finnish): skating ramp
Ancestry of “skeittiramppi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | ramppi | ramp; apron, ramp; way |
| 2 | English | ramp | An inclined surface that connects two levels; an... |
| 3 | French | rampe | ramp |
| 4 | French | ramper | to crawl, worm ; to creep |
| 5 | Middle French | ramper | to crawl |
| 6 | Old French | ramper | to climb; to ascend; to go up |
| 7 | Frankish | rampōn | — |
| 8 | Frankish | rampa | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hrempaną | to bend, curve, make waves, wrinkle; to curve,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)kreb- | to turn; to touch; to turn, bend, shrink, rotate,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ker- | to cut off; to turn, bend |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sek- | to cut, cut off, sever |