Where does “groteskinen” come from?

groteskinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish groteski, from Italian grottesco, from Italian -esco, from Vulgar Latin -iscus, from Latin -ensis, from Latin arvum, from Latin colō, from Latin quelō — to turn.

groteskinen (Finnish): Adorned with ornaments of the grotesque style

Definitions

  1. Adorned with ornaments of the grotesque style

Ancestry of “groteskinen”, step by step

groteskinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish groteski

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgroteskigrotesque; antic
2Italiangrottescogrotesque
3Italian-escoForms adjectives that indicate relationship,...
4Vulgar Latin-iscus-ish
5Latin-ensisOf or from
6Latinarvumfield; farm land
7Latincolōto cultivate the land, till, tend, take care of a field or garden
8Latinquelō
9Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti
11Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Finnish inen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishinen
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel-
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