Where does “sotilasvallankaappaus” come from?
sotilasvallankaappaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vallankaappaus, from Finnish kaappaus, from Finnish kaapata, from Swedish kåpa, from Dutch kapen, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi — on, onto.
sotilasvallankaappaus (Finnish): military coup
Definitions
- military coup
Ancestry of “sotilasvallankaappaus”, step by step
sotilasvallankaappaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vallankaappaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vallankaappaus | coup d'état, coup |
| 2 | Finnish | kaappaus | hijack |
| 3 | Finnish | kaapata | to capture, abduct, kidnap; to hijack |
| 4 | Swedish | kåpa | cowl, cloak, hood; cover |
| 5 | Dutch | kapen | to hijack, to seize control of something -... |
| 6 | Dutch | en | and; well, so; plus, and |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | ende | and; end |
| 8 | Old Dutch | endi | end |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | andī | end |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |