Where does “aloituspiste” come from?

aloituspiste (Finnish) comes from Finnish piste, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

aloituspiste (Finnish): faceoff spot

Definitions

  1. faceoff spot

Ancestry of “aloituspiste”, step by step

aloituspiste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpistepoint, dot, full stop, period; point
2Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
3Finnishhartiashoulder
4Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
5Greekχαρτίpaper
6Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
7Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
8Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish aloitus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishaloitusA start; A faceoff
2Finnishaloittaato start, begin, commence; to go ahead
3Finnishalkaato begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin
4Proto-Finnicalkadakto begin, to start
5Proto-Uralicalka-beginning
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης
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