Where does “vakuutuskuori” come from?
vakuutuskuori (Finnish) comes from Finnish vakuutus, from Finnish vakuuttaa, from Finnish uuttaa, from Finnish uu, from Latin U, from Latin V, from Etruscan ? — u.
vakuutuskuori (Finnish): insurance wrapper
Definitions
- insurance wrapper
Ancestry of “vakuutuskuori”, step by step
vakuutuskuori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vakuutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vakuutus | insurance; assurance or promise; oath of office |
| 2 | Finnish | vakuuttaa | to assert, assure, convince; to reassure; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | uuttaa | to extract; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 4 | Finnish | uu | The name of the Latin-script letter U; hole, nest |
| 5 | Latin | U | — |
| 6 | Latin | V | ve |
| 7 | Etruscan | ? | u |
via Finnish kuori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuori | skin; peel; shale |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kor | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | kórr | — |
| 4 | Latin | chorus | chorus (all forms); a performance with dancing and singing; a troop or band of dancers and singers; performers |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | χορός | dance ring, round dance; dance accompanied by... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |