Where does “Karelianism” come from?
Karelianism (English) comes from English Karelian, from English Karelia, from Medieval Latin Carelia, from Swedish Karelen, from Finnish Karjala, from Finnish karja, from Proto-Germanic harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European kóryos — army.
Karelianism (English): A Finnish cultural movement of the late nineteenth century, focusing on Finland's Karelian heritage
Definitions
- A Finnish cultural movement of the late nineteenth century, focusing on Finland's Karelian heritage
Ancestry of “Karelianism”, step by step
Karelianism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English Karelian
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Karelian | Of, or pertaining to, Karelia or its people,... |
| 2 | English | Karelia | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | Carelia | — |
| 4 | Swedish | Karelen | — |
| 5 | Finnish | Karjala | Karelia |
| 6 | Finnish | karja | cattle domesticated bovine animals sometimes with a specifier |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | harjaz | army; army leader; commander; warrior |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kóryos | war; troops; army; war, troops |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |