Where does “aptiekku” come from?
aptiekku (Karelian) comes from Russian апте́ка, from German Apotheke, from Polish apteka, from Old Polish apoteka, from Latin apothēca, from Ancient Greek ἀποθήκη, from Ancient Greek ἀποτίθημι, from Ancient Greek ἀπο- — to push, to hit.
aptiekku (Karelian): pharmacy
Ancestry of “aptiekku”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Russian | апте́ка | — |
| 2 | German | Apotheke | pharmacy |
| 3 | Polish | apteka | pharmacy |
| 4 | Old Polish | apoteka | — |
| 5 | Latin | apothēca | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀποθήκη | repository, storehouse, warehouse |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀποτίθημι | to put away |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀπο- | Indicating movement: away, from, off; Indicating... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀπό | from, away from; because of, as a result of |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | Ἥλιος | sun |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | τύπος | A blow, pressing; The results of a blow: mark,... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | τύπτω | to beat, strike, smite; to beat, strike oneself |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tewp- | to push, to stick |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)tew- | to push, to hit |