Where does “vahtikoju” come from?
vahtikoju (Finnish) comes from Finnish koju, from Swedish koja, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
vahtikoju (Finnish): sentry box, guard box
Definitions
- sentry box, guard box
Ancestry of “vahtikoju”, step by step
vahtikoju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish koju
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koju | booth, stall, shed |
| 2 | Swedish | koja | a hut, a very primitive house; to go to bed |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 6 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 8 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |