Where does “alttari” come from?
alttari (Finnish) comes from Old Swedish altari, from Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Latin altāre, from Latin adoleō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în — in.
alttari (Finnish): altar
Definitions
- altar
Ancestry of “alttari”, step by step
alttari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Old Swedish altari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old Swedish | altari | — |
| 2 | Old Norse | altari | altar |
| 3 | Old Saxon | altari | — |
| 4 | Latin | altāre | altar, fitting for burnt offerings |
| 5 | Latin | adoleō | to emit an odor, smell |
| 6 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 7 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 8 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 9 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via Russian алтарь
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | алтарь | altar |