Where does “barbaari” come from?
barbaari (Finnish) comes from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος, from Proto-Indo-European balb-.
barbaari (Finnish): barbarian
Ancestry of “barbaari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | barbarus | foreign; savage; uncivilized |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | βάρβαρος | non-Greek-speaking, foreign; barbaric, brutal,... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | balb- | — |
Words derived from “barbaari”