Where does “diskurssimerkitsin” come from?
diskurssimerkitsin (Finnish) comes from Finnish diskurssi, from Latin discursus, from Latin discurrō, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
diskurssimerkitsin (Finnish): discourse marker
Definitions
- discourse marker
Ancestry of “diskurssimerkitsin”, step by step
diskurssimerkitsin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish diskurssi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | diskurssi | discourse |
| 2 | Latin | discursus | running about |
| 3 | Latin | discurrō | to run about, in different directions, or to and fro; to roam, wander |
| 4 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 5 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 6 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Finnish merkitsin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | merkitsin | First-person singular indicative past form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | merkitä | to mark, check off, tick off, tag, stamp, brand;... |
| 3 | Finnish | merkki | mark, sign; character; symbol |
| 4 | Old Swedish | mærki | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | merki | boundary |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | markō | border, boundary; region, area |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | morǵ- | edge, boundary, border; frontier, border |