Where does “suojavaatetus” come from?
suojavaatetus (Finnish) comes from Finnish suoja, from Proto-Finnic sooja, from Russian со́я, from Dutch soja, from Japanese そい, from Japanese 醤油, from Middle Chinese 醬油, from Middle Chinese 醬 — bean paste.
suojavaatetus (Finnish): protective clothing
Definitions
- protective clothing
Ancestry of “suojavaatetus”, step by step
suojavaatetus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish suoja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suoja | shelter; protective covering; refuge |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sooja | shelter; protection; warm |
| 3 | Russian | со́я | jay {{i|dialectal}} |
| 4 | Dutch | soja | soy |
| 5 | Japanese | そい | 醤油 soy sauce |
| 6 | Japanese | 醤油 | soy sauce |
| 7 | Middle Chinese | 醬油 | — |
| 8 | Middle Chinese | 醬 | bean paste |
via Finnish vaatetus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaatetus | clothing act of clothing, or providing clothes for; clothes collectively, e.g. the clothes one has on |
| 2 | Finnish | vaatettaa | to enrobe, enclothe, clothe |
| 3 | Finnish | vaate | piece of clothing, garment; clothing, clothes |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | *vaat'ëk | clothing, garment |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | wēdiz | piece of cloth, garment |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew- | to enjoy; to consume; to perceive, see, to be... |