Where does “tuloloukku” come from?
tuloloukku (Finnish) comes from Finnish loukku, from Russian мышеловка, from Russian мышь, from Old East Slavic мꙑшь, from Proto-Slavic myšь, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *mū́ˀšis, from Proto-Indo-Iranian múHs, from Proto-Indo-European múh₂s — mouse.
tuloloukku (Finnish): low-wage trap
Definitions
- low-wage trap
Ancestry of “tuloloukku”, step by step
tuloloukku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish loukku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | loukku | trap; flax brake |
| 2 | Russian | мышеловка | mousetrap |
| 3 | Russian | мышь | mouse |
| 4 | Old East Slavic | мꙑшь | mouse |
| 5 | Proto-Slavic | myšь | mouse |
| 6 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *mū́ˀšis | mouse |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | múHs | mouse |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | múh₂s | mouse |
via Finnish tulo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tulo | coming, arrival; product; income |
| 2 | Finnish | tulla | to come; to become, get, go, turn; to have to do,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | tuldak | to come |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | tole- | to come |
| 5 | Hungarian | -ál | Same as -l with the "-á-" linking vowel. Used for... |
| 6 | Hungarian | -l | Appended to a noun, an adjective or less... |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -l | — |