Where does “teekkarijäynä” come from?
teekkarijäynä (Finnish) comes from Finnish teekkari, from Finnish tekniikka, from Swedish teknik, from French technique, from Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
teekkarijäynä (Finnish): a student prank traditionally done by students of technology on Labor Day or May Day
Definitions
- a student prank traditionally done by students of technology on Labor Day or May Day
Ancestry of “teekkarijäynä”, step by step
teekkarijäynä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish teekkari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | teekkari | A person studying for the degree of... |
| 2 | Finnish | tekniikka | technology; technique; method |
| 3 | Swedish | teknik | a technique; technology |
| 4 | French | technique | technical; technique, technology |
| 5 | Latin | technicus | technical |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τεχνικός | technical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Finnish jäynä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jäynä | mischief vexatious or annoying conduct |