Where does “teekuppipari” come from?

teekuppipari (Finnish) comes from Finnish teekuppi, from Finnish tee, from Swedish te, from German tee, from English tee, from Middle English teen, from Old English tēon, from Old English tēohan — to pull, to draw; to lead.

teekuppipari (Finnish): tea cup and saucer (set)

Definitions

  1. tea cup and saucer (set)

Ancestry of “teekuppipari”, step by step

teekuppipari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teekuppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteekuppiteacup
2Finnishteetea; tea, cup of tea; The name of the...
3Swedishtetea; to appear
4Germanteetea drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of
5EnglishteeThe name of the Latin-script letter T; Something...
6Middle Englishteen
7Old Englishtēonto drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to...
8Old Englishtēohan
9Proto-West Germanicteuhanto pull; to lead
10Proto-Germanicteuhanąto lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag
11Proto-Indo-Europeandewk-to pull, to draw; to lead

via Finnish pari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishparicouple, pair; partner; battery cell
2Swedishpara pair, a couple; a couple, two people who are...
3EnglishpeerTo look with difficulty, or as if searching for...
4EnglishpeeUrine; To urinate; To drizzle
5EnglishpissUrine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic...
6Middle Englishpissepiss, urine; Alternative form of pissen
7Middle EnglishpissenTo piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To...
8Old Frenchpissierto piss; to excrete urine
9Vulgar Latinpissiarepresent active infinitive of *pīssiō
10LatinpissioI piss
Every word from Proto-Indo-European dewk-Every word from Proto-Germanic teuhanąEvery word from Proto-West Germanic teuhan