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
- gambrel roof
Ancestry of “taitekatto”, step by step
taitekatto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taite | turn; fold |
| 2 | English | thursday | The fifth day of the week in many religious traditions, and the fourth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; it follows Wednesday and precedes Friday |
| 3 | Middle English | Thursday | Thursday fifth day of the week |
| 4 | Old English | þursdæġ | Thursday |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *Þunras dag | — |
| 6 | Latin | dies iovis | Thursday |
| 7 | Latin | diēs | A day, particularly |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | djēm | accusative singular of *djous |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Finnish katto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | katto | ceiling; roof |
| 2 | Finnish | kattaa | to roof; to cover; to set, lay |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kattadak | to cover; to roof |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kanci | cover, lid |
| 5 | Czech | -í | Forming attributive adjectives from nouns,... |
| 6 | Old Czech | -í | forming attributive adjectives from nouns, especially animals |
| 7 | Proto-Slavic | -jь | Adjectival inherited from the Caland roots,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yós | that, who, which |
| 9 | Proto-Finnic | wiša | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | wišás | poison, venom |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | wisós | fluidity, slime, poison; poison; poison; slime;... |