Where does “bentsoehartsi” come from?

bentsoehartsi (Finnish) comes from Finnish hartsi, from German harz, from Middle High German Hardt, from Old High German hart, from Proto-West Germanic hard(ī), from Proto-Germanic harduz, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.

bentsoehartsi (Finnish): benzoin

Definitions

  1. benzoin

Ancestry of “bentsoehartsi”, step by step

bentsoehartsi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish hartsi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhartsiresin
2Germanharzresin
3Middle High GermanHardt—
4Old High Germanharthard
5Proto-West Germanichard(ī)hard
6Proto-Germanicharduzhard; brave
7Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
8Proto-Turkic*keŕ-to travel, tour

via Finnish bentsoe

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbentsoebenzoic
2GermanBenzoebenzoin
Every word from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- →