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Where does “taitekatto” come from?

taitekatto (Finnish) comes from Finnish taite, from English thursday, from Middle English Thursday, from Old English þursdæġ, from Proto-Germanic *Þunras dag, from Latin dies iovis, from Latin diēs, from Proto-Italic djēm — to be bright; sky, heaven.

taitekatto (Finnish): gambrel roof

Definitions

  1. gambrel roof

Ancestry of “taitekatto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaiteturn; fold
2Englishthursday—
3Middle EnglishThursdayThursday
4Old Englishþursdæġ—
5Proto-Germanic*Þunras dag—
6Latindies iovis—
7Latindiēs—
8Proto-Italicdjēmaccusative singular of *djous
9Proto-Italic*djous—
10Proto-Indo-Europeandyḗwssky, heaven; sky god
11Proto-Indo-Europeandyéws—
12Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven
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