Where does “tuuliankkuri” come from?
tuuliankkuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish ankkuri, from Swedish ankare, from Old Norse akkeri, from Proto-Germanic ankurô, from Latin ancōra, from Ancient Greek Ἄγκυρα, from Proto-Indo-European ang- — joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith.
tuuliankkuri (Finnish): wind anchor, wind stake
Definitions
- wind anchor, wind stake
Ancestry of “tuuliankkuri”, step by step
tuuliankkuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ankkuri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ankkuri | anchor; anchor, anchorman, anchorwoman; armature |
| 2 | Swedish | ankare | an anchor; anchor; an HTML/XHTML mark-up tag to... |
| 3 | Old Norse | akkeri | anchor |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | ankurô | anchor |
| 5 | Latin | ancōra | anchor (tool to keep a vessel from drifting) |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἄγκυρα | Ancyra; Angora; Ankara, Turkey |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ang- | joint; corner, hirn; joint; lith |