Where does “spiraalivetoketju” come from?
spiraalivetoketju (Finnish) comes from Finnish spiraali, from Medieval Latin spiralis, from Latin spira, from French trompe, from Middle French trompe, from Old French trompe, from Frankish trumpa — trump, trumpet; trumpet.
spiraalivetoketju (Finnish): coil zipper
Definitions
- coil zipper
Ancestry of “spiraalivetoketju”, step by step
spiraalivetoketju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish spiraali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | spiraali | spiral |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | spiralis | spiraling |
| 3 | Latin | spira | A thing that is coiled, twisted, or wound; A... |
| 4 | French | trompe | trumpet; trunk of an elephant; squinch |
| 5 | Middle French | trompe | — |
| 6 | Old French | trompe | trump, trumpet; horn, trump, trumpet |
| 7 | Frankish | trumpa | trump, trumpet; trumpet |
via Finnish vetoketju
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vetoketju | zip fastener, zip, zipper |
| 2 | Finnish | veto | pull; draught/draft of air; stroke of hand, oar... |
| 3 | Latin | veto | I forbid, oppose, veto; I forbid it! I protest! |
| 4 | Latin | voto | dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wetā(je)- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weth₂- | to say |