Where does “toppahaalari” come from?
toppahaalari (Finnish) comes from Finnish haalari, from Swedish halare, from German Hehler, from German hehlen, from Middle High German heln, from Old High German helan, from Proto-West Germanic helan, from Proto-Germanic helaną — to cover; to incline.
toppahaalari (Finnish): padded overalls
Definitions
- padded overalls
Ancestry of “toppahaalari”, step by step
toppahaalari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish haalari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | haalari | hauler, haulier; overall, overalls, coverall,... |
| 2 | Swedish | halare | boilersuit |
| 3 | German | Hehler | agent noun of hehlen; receiver and usually... |
| 4 | German | hehlen | to hide, to conceal, to hele; to transactionally... |
| 5 | Middle High German | heln | — |
| 6 | Old High German | helan | — |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | helan | to hide, to conceal |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | helaną | to hide, to conceal |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱéleti | to be covering, hiding |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via Finnish töpätä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | töpätä | to blunder; to paint one point at a time without... |
| 2 | Swedish | stoppa | to stop; to make a stop; to stuff |
| 3 | English | stop | To cease moving; To not continue; To cause to... |
| 4 | English | top | The highest or uppermost part of something; A... |
| 5 | Middle English | top | The summit or top of something, especially a... |
| 6 | Old English | topp | top, summit (of something) |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | *topp | top, summit, crest |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tuppaz | tuft, plait; top, summit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dumb- | tail, rod, staff, pole, penis; tail, rod, staff,... |