Where does “Karelianness” come from?
Karelianness (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.
Karelianness (English): The quality of being Karelian
Definitions
- The quality of being Karelian
Ancestry of “Karelianness”, step by step
Karelianness 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 Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |