Where does “tonttupoika” come from?
tonttupoika (Finnish) comes from Finnish tonttu, from Finnish tonni, from Swedish ton, from English ton, from English tun, from Middle English tunne, from Old English tunne, from Proto-Germanic tunnǭ — to stretch, string; to cut.
tonttupoika (Finnish): little elf, elf boy
Definitions
- little elf, elf boy
Ancestry of “tonttupoika”, step by step
tonttupoika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tonttu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tonttu | A miniature mythical humanoid creature believed... |
| 2 | Finnish | tonni | metric ton; grand |
| 3 | Swedish | ton | tonne; tone; tone, shade |
| 4 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 5 | English | tun | A large cask; an oblong vessel bulging in the... |
| 6 | Middle English | tunne | cask; barrel |
| 7 | Old English | tunne | barrel, cask |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tunnǭ | — |
| 9 | Latin | tunna | tun, box |
| 10 | Proto-Celtic | tondā | skin; surface, skin |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tend- | to stretch, to extend; to split, cut off |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | temh₂- | to stretch, string; to cut |