Where does “vartiokoju” come from?
vartiokoju (Finnish) comes from Finnish koju, from Swedish koja, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa.
vartiokoju (Finnish): sentry box, pillbox
Definitions
- sentry box, pillbox
Ancestry of “vartiokoju”, step by step
vartiokoju traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish koju
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koju | booth, stall, shed |
| 2 | Swedish | koja | a hut, a very primitive house; to go to bed |
| 3 | Swedish | a | from |
| 4 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 5 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 6 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 7 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 8 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |