Where does “vappumarssi” come from?
vappumarssi (Finnish) comes from Finnish marssi, from Swedish marsch, from French marché, from French marcher, from Middle French marcher, from Old French marchier, from Frankish markōn, from Proto-Germanic markōną — edge, boundary, border; frontier, border.
vappumarssi (Finnish): May Day rally, May Day march
Definitions
- May Day rally, May Day march
Ancestry of “vappumarssi”, step by step
vappumarssi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish marssi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | marssi | march; Third-person singular indicative past form... |
| 2 | Swedish | marsch | a march; a march; music written for marching; a... |
| 3 | French | marché | market; deal, contract; past participle of... |
| 4 | French | marcher | to walk; to travel; to move; to march; to work,... |
| 5 | Middle French | marcher | to walk |
| 6 | Old French | marchier | to walk; to travel by foot |
| 7 | Frankish | markōn | to mark, mark out, to press with the foot |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | markōną | to mark; to notice |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |
via Finnish Vappu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Vappu | May Day, Labor Day, Walpurgis night 1st of May; in Finland, a highly joyous, festive occasion, especially among the working class and students |
| 2 | Finnish | Valpuri | — |
| 3 | German | Walpurga | an eighth century saint whose feast day on May 1st coincided with a pagan feast associated in folklore with witchcraft |
| 4 | Old High German | Waltburg | — |
| 5 | Old High German | burg | a castle; a city |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | burg | fortification; city |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | burgz | fortification, stronghold; city |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰr̥ǵʰ- | — |