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
- tea cup and saucer (set)
Ancestry of “teekuppipari”, step by step
teekuppipari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish teekuppi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | teekuppi | teacup |
| 2 | Finnish | tee | tea; tea, cup of tea; The name of the... |
| 3 | Swedish | te | tea; to appear |
| 4 | German | tee | tea drink made by infusing parts of a plant, especially leaves or buds of |
| 5 | English | tee | The name of the Latin-script letter T; Something... |
| 6 | Middle English | teen | — |
| 7 | Old English | tēon | to drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to... |
| 8 | Old English | tēohan | — |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | teuhan | to pull; to lead |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | teuhaną | to lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |
via Finnish pari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pari | couple, pair; partner; battery cell |
| 2 | Swedish | par | a pair, a couple; a couple, two people who are... |
| 3 | English | peer | To look with difficulty, or as if searching for... |
| 4 | English | pee | Urine; To urinate; To drizzle |
| 5 | English | piss | Urine; An instance of pissing; Alcoholic... |
| 6 | Middle English | pisse | piss, urine; Alternative form of pissen |
| 7 | Middle English | pissen | To piss; to deliver urine from the genitals; To... |
| 8 | Old French | pissier | to piss; to excrete urine |
| 9 | Vulgar Latin | pissiare | present active infinitive of *pīssiō |
| 10 | Latin | pissio | I piss |