Where does “vakosametti” come from?

vakosametti (Finnish) comes from Finnish sametti, from Swedish sammet, from Middle Low German sammet, from Old French samit, from Latin samitum, from Ancient Greek ἑξάμιτον, from Ancient Greek ἕξ, from Proto-Hellenic hwéks — six.

vakosametti (Finnish): corduroy

Definitions

  1. corduroy

Ancestry of “vakosametti”, step by step

vakosametti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sametti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsamettivelvet
2Swedishsammetvelvet
3Middle Low Germansammet
4Old Frenchsamitsamite
5Latinsamitum
6Ancient Greekἑξάμιτον
7Ancient Greekἕξsix
8Proto-Hellenichwékscardinal...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix

via Finnish vako

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvakofurrow; cleft
2Proto-Finnicvakofurrow

Words derived from “vakosametti

Every word from Proto-Indo-European swéḱsEvery word from Proto-Hellenic hwéksEvery word from Ancient Greek ἕξ
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