Where does “gaisakuģis” come from?

gaisakuģis (Latvian) comes from Latvian kuģis, from Old Frisian kogge.

gaisakuģis (Latvian): aircraft

Definitions

  1. aircraft

Ancestry of “gaisakuģis”, step by step

gaisakuģis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latvian kuģis

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviankuģisship; flying vessel
2Old Frisiankogge—

via Latvian gaisa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latviangaisagenitive singular form of gaiss; 3rd person...
2Proto-Samic*kājsēhigh and steep mountain
Every word from Old Frisian kogge →Every word from Latvian kuģis →
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