Where does “yliopistokaupunki” come from?
yliopistokaupunki (Finnish) comes from Finnish yliopisto, from Finnish yli-, from Finnish yli, from Proto-Finnic üli, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë, from Proto-West Germanic -jā — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
yliopistokaupunki (Finnish): university town, college town
Definitions
- university town, college town
Ancestry of “yliopistokaupunki”, step by step
yliopistokaupunki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish yliopisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yliopisto | university, college; academia |
| 2 | Finnish | yli- | over-; super-; superior; trans-; overly,... |
| 3 | Finnish | yli | "yli" + number: over; over; after, past |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | üli | over |
| 5 | Hungarian | -i | Added to a proper noun, noun or postposition to... |
| 6 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 7 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |
via Finnish kaupunki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaupunki | town; city |
| 2 | Old Gutnish | kaupungr | marketplace |
| 3 | Old Norse | kaupangr | marketplace |
| 4 | Old Norse | kaup | purchase |
| 5 | Old Norse | kaupa | to buy |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | kaupōną | to buy; trade |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kaupô | innkeeper; merchant |
| 8 | Latin | caupo | Tradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kaup- | — |