Where does “elementtikerrostalo” come from?
elementtikerrostalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish elementti, from Swedish element, from Latin elementum, from Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον, from Ancient Greek στοῖχος, from Proto-Hellenic stóikʰos, from Proto-Indo-European stóygʰ-os, from Proto-Indo-European steygʰ- — to go; to climb.
elementtikerrostalo (Finnish): prefab apartment building, prefab block of flats
Definitions
- prefab apartment building, prefab block of flats
Ancestry of “elementtikerrostalo”, step by step
elementtikerrostalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish elementti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elementti | element; prefab |
| 2 | Swedish | element | element; basic building block of matter in... |
| 3 | Latin | elementum | one of four elements that composed the world;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | στοιχεῖον | one of a row; one of a series, a component part,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στοῖχος | row in an ascending series; a line of poles... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | stóikʰos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stóygʰ-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steygʰ- | to go; to climb |
via Finnish kerrostalo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerrostalo | multistorey building; Short for asuinkerrostalo |
| 2 | Finnish | kerros | floor, storey; layer; Second-person singular... |
| 3 | Finnish | kerrata | To repeat or reread |
| 4 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 7 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |