Where does “tonttikirja” come from?
tonttikirja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tontti, from Finnish tonttu, from Finnish tonni, from Swedish ton, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus — power.
tonttikirja (Finnish): land register outlining the subdivision of the land into lots according to a town/city zoning plan
Definitions
- land register outlining the subdivision of the land into lots according to a town/city zoning plan
Ancestry of “tonttikirja”, step by step
tonttikirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tontti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tontti | parcel, plot, property |
| 2 | Finnish | tonttu | A miniature mythical humanoid creature believed... |
| 3 | Finnish | tonni | metric ton; grand |
| 4 | Swedish | ton | tonne; tone; tone, shade |
| 5 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 6 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 7 | Old French | ton | your |
| 8 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 9 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 10 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 11 | Polish | tu | here |
| 12 | Polish | być | to be |
| 13 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 14 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 15 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |