Where does “varapoistumistie” come from?
varapoistumistie (Finnish) comes from Finnish poistumistie, from Finnish poistuminen, from Finnish poistua, from Finnish poistaa, from Finnish pois, from Finnish poikki-, from Finnish poikki, from Finnish poikitse — to laugh.
varapoistumistie (Finnish): emergency exit, backup exit
Definitions
- emergency exit, backup exit
Ancestry of “varapoistumistie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | poistumistie | escape route, escape road |
| 2 | Finnish | poistuminen | The act of leaving; Fourth infinitive of poistua |
| 3 | Finnish | poistua | to leave |
| 4 | Finnish | poistaa | to remove; to delete; "~ tuotannosta, myynnistä,... |
| 5 | Finnish | pois | away, off; off; minus, take away |
| 6 | Finnish | poikki- | cross-, transverse |
| 7 | Finnish | poikki | broken into two or more pieces; off; exhausted,... |
| 8 | Finnish | poikitse | (Scattered/strewn) here and there, all over (the place), (all) spread out |
| 9 | Finnish | itse | oneself; used to emphasize the person of the head... |
| 10 | Proto-Finnic | icek | self |
| 11 | Hebrew | יצחק | to laugh |