Where does “vastavallankaappaus” come from?
vastavallankaappaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish vallankaappaus, from Finnish kaappaus, from Finnish kaapata, from Swedish kåpa, from Dutch kapen, from Dutch en, from Middle Dutch ende, from Old Dutch endi — on, onto.
vastavallankaappaus (Finnish): countercoup
Definitions
- countercoup
Ancestry of “vastavallankaappaus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vallankaappaus | coup d'état, coup |
| 2 | Finnish | kaappaus | hijack |
| 3 | Finnish | kaapata | to capture, abduct, kidnap; to hijack |
| 4 | Swedish | kåpa | cowl, cloak, hood; cover |
| 5 | Dutch | kapen | to hijack, to seize control of something -... |
| 6 | Dutch | en | and; well, so; plus, and |
| 7 | Middle Dutch | ende | and; end |
| 8 | Old Dutch | endi | end |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | andī | end |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | andijaz | end |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂entíos | front; forehead |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |