Where does “sontikka” come from?
sontikka (Finnish) comes from Russian зо́нтик, from Dutch zonnedek, from Dutch dek, from Middle Dutch dec, from Middle Dutch decken, from Old Dutch thecken, from Proto-West Germanic þakkjan, from Proto-Germanic þakjaną — to cover; pole, stick, beam.
sontikka (Finnish): umbrella
Ancestry of “sontikka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | зо́нтик | — |
| 2 | Dutch | zonnedek | sundeck; halfdeck; A sun cover on a ship |
| 3 | Dutch | dek | A deck; A cover; A surface |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | dec | roof, covering |
| 5 | Middle Dutch | decken | to roof, to build/repair a roof; to cover; to... |
| 6 | Old Dutch | thecken | to cover; to roof |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | þakkjan | to cover; to burn |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | þakjaną | to cover; to burn |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | þaką | roof, cover |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)teg- | to cover; pole, stick, beam |