Where does “vastauskuponki” come from?
vastauskuponki (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuponki, from Swedish kupong, from French coupon, from French couper, from Old French coper, from Old French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō — he, she.
vastauskuponki (Finnish): reply coupon
Definitions
- reply coupon
Ancestry of “vastauskuponki”, step by step
vastauskuponki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kuponki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuponki | voucher, coupon |
| 2 | Swedish | kupong | a coupon or voucher |
| 3 | French | coupon | coupon; An oddment or offcut, a short rest of... |
| 4 | French | couper | to cut, cut up, to chop, to sever; to cut off, to... |
| 5 | Old French | coper | to cut |
| 6 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 7 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |