Where does “eriteräinen” come from?
eriteräinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish terä, from Proto-Finnic terä, from Proto-Finno-Permic terä — edge.
eriteräinen (Finnish): polypetalous, apopetalous, choripetalous
Definitions
- polypetalous, apopetalous, choripetalous
Ancestry of “eriteräinen”, step by step
eriteräinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish terä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | terä | blade, edge; head; terminal part of the leg, foot |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | terä | blade, edge; ear of corn; grain, corn |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Permic | terä | edge |
via Finnish eri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | eri | different, other, another; different, separate;... |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *erei | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | er- | eagle, bird; loose, light, rare, sparse; to fail,... |