Where does “vangituttaa” come from?
vangituttaa (Finnish) comes from Finnish vangita, from Finnish vanki, from Old Swedish fange, from Middle Low German vangen, from Proto-Germanic fangōną, from Proto-Germanic -ōną, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
vangituttaa (Finnish): To have somebody imprisoned
Definitions
- To have somebody imprisoned
Ancestry of “vangituttaa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vangita | To imprison, incarcerate, jail; To arrest, place... |
| 2 | Finnish | vanki | prisoner |
| 3 | Old Swedish | fange | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | vangen | captive; to catch |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | fangōną | to catch, capture |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | -ōną | Creates denominative verbs from nouns; Creates... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |