Where does “tikankontti” come from?

tikankontti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kontti, from English container, from Middle English conteyner.

tikankontti (Finnish): lady's slipper, slipper-orchid, "Cypripedium...

Definitions

  1. lady's slipper, slipper-orchid, "Cypripedium...

Ancestry of “tikankontti”, step by step

tikankontti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kontti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonttitraditional type of knapsack made of birch bark;...
2EnglishcontainerSomeone who contains; something that contains; An...
3Middle Englishconteyner—

via Finnish tikka

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtikkawoodpecker; dart
2Proto-Finnictikkawoodpecker

Words derived from “tikankontti”

Every word from Middle English conteyner →Every word from English container →Every word from Finnish kontti →