Where does “klaveriliteratuur” come from?
klaveriliteratuur (Estonian) comes from Estonian klaver, from German Klavier, from French clavier, from French -ier, from Middle French -er, from Latin -āre, from Proto-Italic -āō, from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂yéti — he, she.
klaveriliteratuur (Estonian): a collection of piano pieces
Definitions
- a collection of piano pieces
Ancestry of “klaveriliteratuur”, step by step
klaveriliteratuur traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Estonian klaver
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonian | klaver | piano |
| 2 | German | Klavier | piano |
| 3 | French | clavier | keyboard; keyring; mouth, teeth |
| 4 | French | -ier | used to form the names of trees bearing a... |
| 5 | Middle French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs;... |
| 6 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Estonian literatuur
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonian | literatuur | literature |
| 2 | Latin | litterātūra | lettering; alphabet |
| 3 | Latin | littera | a letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,... |
| 4 | Latin | lītera | — |
| 5 | Old Latin | leitera | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |