Where does “taksisuhari” come from?
taksisuhari (Finnish) comes from Finnish suhari, 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.
taksisuhari (Finnish): cabbie
Definitions
- cabbie
Ancestry of “taksisuhari”, step by step
taksisuhari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish suhari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | suhari | driver; jehu |
| 2 | Russian | шофёр | chauffeur; driver |
| 3 | French | chauffeur | stoker; fireman; driver; chauffeur |
| 4 | French | chauffer | to heat, to warm, to warm up; to tease, to entice... |
| 5 | Middle French | chauffer | — |
| 6 | Old French | chauffer | Alternative form of chaufer |
| 7 | Old French | chaufer | to heat; to heat up; to warm |
| 8 | Vulgar Latin | calefare | — |
| 9 | Latin | calefaciō | to warm or heat |
| 10 | Latin | faciō | to do |
| 11 | Latin | -torium | nominative neuter singular of -tōrius; accusative... |
| 12 | Latin | -tōrius | ory |
| 13 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |