Where does “dekkarikirjallisuus” come from?
dekkarikirjallisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish dekkari, from Swedish deckare, from Swedish detektiv, from English detective, from English detect, from Latin detectus, from Latin dē-, from Latin dē — afterwards, post; by, at.
dekkarikirjallisuus (Finnish): crime fiction, detective fiction
Definitions
- crime fiction, detective fiction
Ancestry of “dekkarikirjallisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | dekkari | whodunit, detective story; detective |
| 2 | Swedish | deckare | a crime novel, a whodunit; a detective, a crime... |
| 3 | Swedish | detektiv | detective |
| 4 | English | detective | A police officer who looks for evidence as part... |
| 5 | English | detect | to discover or find by careful search,... |
| 6 | Latin | detectus | uncovered, revealed, disclosed |
| 7 | Latin | dē- | — |
| 8 | Latin | dē | — |
| 9 | Latin | post | behind; after, since, besides, except; behind,... |
| 10 | Latin | poste | ablative singular of postis |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | posti | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pósti | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pós | afterwards, post; by, at |