Where does “valuuttabaari” come from?
valuuttabaari (Finnish) comes from Finnish baari, from Swedish bär, from English Bar, from German bär, from Middle High German bër, from Old High German beri, from Proto-West Germanic baʀi, from Proto-Germanic bazją.
valuuttabaari (Finnish): in Soviet states, a bar open to foreigners that accepted foreign currency
Definitions
- in Soviet states, a bar open to foreigners that accepted foreign currency
Ancestry of “valuuttabaari”, step by step
valuuttabaari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish baari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | baari | bar; cafeteria |
| 2 | Swedish | bär | a berry |
| 3 | English | Bar | A solid, more or less rigid object of metal or wood with a uniform cross-section smaller than its length |
| 4 | German | bär | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | bër | bear |
| 6 | Old High German | beri | A berry |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | baʀi | berry |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | bazją | berry |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |
via Finnish valuutta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | valuutta | currency |
| 2 | Swedish | valuta | a currency |
| 3 | Italian | valuta | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 4 | Latin | valeō | to have strength, influence, power; to avail |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | walēō | to be strong |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wl̥h₁éh₁yeti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂welh₁- | to rule; strong, powerful; hair; wool |