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Where does “suhari” come from?

suhari (Finnish) comes from Russian шофёр, from French chauffeur, from French chauffer, from Middle French chauffer, from Old French chauffer, from Old French chaufer, from Vulgar Latin calefare, from Latin calefaciō.

suhari (Finnish): driver; jehu

Definitions

  1. driver; jehu

Ancestry of “suhari”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianшофёрchauffeur; driver
2Frenchchauffeurstoker; fireman; driver; chauffeur
3Frenchchaufferto heat, to warm, to warm up; to tease, to entice...
4Middle Frenchchauffer—
5Old FrenchchaufferAlternative form of chaufer
6Old Frenchchauferto heat; to heat up; to warm
7Vulgar Latincalefare—
8Latincalefaciō—
9Latinfaciō—
10Latin-toriumnominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative...
11Latin-tōrius—
12Latin-tor-er
13Proto-Italic-tōr—
14Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
15Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

Words derived from “suhari”

  • taksisuhari
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