Where does “trikoohousut” come from?
trikoohousut (Finnish) comes from Finnish trikoo, from French tricot, from French tricoter, from Middle French tricoter, from Old French tricoter, from Old French trique, from Old French estrique, from Middle Dutch strîken — strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to...
trikoohousut (Finnish): leggings stretchy tight-fitting pants
Definitions
- leggings stretchy tight-fitting pants
Ancestry of “trikoohousut”, step by step
trikoohousut traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish trikoo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | trikoo | tricot fabric |
| 2 | French | tricot | knitting; sweater, jumper; sea krait |
| 3 | French | tricoter | to knit |
| 4 | Middle French | tricoter | — |
| 5 | Old French | tricoter | to beat with sticks |
| 6 | Old French | trique | stick, game played with sticks |
| 7 | Old French | estrique | baton; stick; beam |
| 8 | Middle Dutch | strîken | to stroke, to pass (something) over gently |
| 9 | Old Saxon | strikan | to stroke |
| 10 | Frankish | strīkan | to move or pass one thing over another, strike;... |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | strīkaną | to stroke, to rub |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | streyg- | to strike; to shear |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ter- | strong, firm, stiff, rigid; rigid, stiff; to... |