Where does “timperi” come from?
timperi (Finnish) comes from Finnish timpermanni, from Swedish timmerman, from English timberman, from English MAN, from Middle English man, from Old English mān, from Sanskrit महादेव, from Sanskrit महा — to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel.
timperi (Finnish): carpenter
Ancestry of “timperi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | timpermanni | carpenter |
| 2 | Swedish | timmerman | carpenter |
| 3 | English | timberman | A lumberman; A timber dealer; A person who... |
| 4 | English | MAN | Initialism of Metropolitan Area Network |
| 5 | Middle English | man | Typically singular, indefinite pronoun: one, you;... |
| 6 | Old English | mān | bad, criminal, false; shameful act; crime;... |
| 7 | Sanskrit | महादेव | — |
| 8 | Sanskrit | महा | combining form of महत्; buffalo; great, large,... |
| 9 | Sanskrit | महायान | — |
| 10 | Sanskrit | यान | carriage, vehicle, mode of transport; moving,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Aryan | yáHnam | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | yáHnam | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | yéh₂-nom | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | yeh₂- | to go; to go in, enter; to ride, to travel |