Where does “sunnuntaiautoilija” come from?
sunnuntaiautoilija (Finnish) comes from Finnish autoilija, from Finnish autoilla, from Finnish auto, from Finnish automobiili, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός.
sunnuntaiautoilija (Finnish): Sunday driver
Ancestry of “sunnuntaiautoilija”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | autoilija | motorist, someone who drives a car |
| 2 | Finnish | autoilla | Adessive plural form of auto; To drive a car;... |
| 3 | Finnish | auto | car, automobile |
| 4 | Finnish | automobiili | automobile, car |
| 5 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 6 | French | auto- | auto- |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | — |