Where does “elämäntarina” come from?
elämäntarina (Finnish) comes from Finnish tärinä, from French tsarine, from German Zarin, from German Zar, from Russian царь, from Old East Slavic цьсарь, from Old East Slavic цѣсарь, from Proto-Slavic cěsařь — hair.
elämäntarina (Finnish): story of (some)one's life, biography
Definitions
- story of (some)one's life, biography
Ancestry of “elämäntarina”, step by step
elämäntarina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tärinä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tärinä | tremor; Synonym of värinä |
| 2 | French | tsarine | tsarina |
| 3 | German | Zarin | tsarina, czarina |
| 4 | German | Zar | tsar, czar |
| 5 | Russian | царь | tsar, Russian emperor; king |
| 6 | Old East Slavic | цьсарь | — |
| 7 | Old East Slavic | цѣсарь | emperor, king |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | cěsařь | emperor, king |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kaisaraz | emperor |
| 10 | Latin | Caesar | Julius Caesar; emperor |
| 11 | Latin | caesaries | or hair |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kéysero- | hair |