Where does “tukkilanssi” come from?
tukkilanssi (Finnish) comes from Finnish lanssi, from Finnish ambulanssi, from French ambulance, from French ambulant, from Latin ambulans, from Latin -ns, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts, from Hungarian önt — sound, voice.
tukkilanssi (Finnish): a temporary storage place for logs
Definitions
- a temporary storage place for logs
Ancestry of “tukkilanssi”, step by step
tukkilanssi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lanssi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lanssi | a place where timber is temporarily stored |
| 2 | Finnish | ambulanssi | ambulance |
| 3 | French | ambulance | ambulance |
| 4 | French | ambulant | walking, strolling; present participle of ambuler |
| 5 | Latin | ambulans | traversing, traveling; walking |
| 6 | Latin | -ns | -ing; ending of the present active participle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 8 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 9 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 11 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 12 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 13 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via Finnish tukki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tukki | log, stock; log; "collectively also" timber;... |
| 2 | Estonian | tükk | piece; trick; a mischievous act; cannon |
| 3 | German | stück | — |
| 4 | Middle High German | stücke | piece |
| 5 | Old High German | stucki | crust, fragment, piece |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | stukkī | piece |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | stukkiją | stump; piece |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewg- | to push, to hit |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |