Where does “Keski-Atlantin selänne” come from?
Keski-Atlantin selänne (Finnish) comes from Finnish selänne, from Finnish -nne, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
Keski-Atlantin selänne (Finnish): the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Definitions
- the Mid-Atlantic Ridge
Ancestry of “Keski-Atlantin selänne”, step by step
Keski-Atlantin selänne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish selänne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | selänne | ridge |
| 2 | Finnish | -nne | The possessive suffix for 2nd person plural, used... |
| 3 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 4 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 6 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 7 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish Atlantti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Atlantti | Atlantic Ocean; Atlantic |
| 2 | Latin | Atlanticus | Atlantic |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἀτλαντικός | of Atlas |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |