Where does “guassiväri” come from?
guassiväri (Finnish) comes from Finnish guassi, from French gouache, from Italian guazzo, from Latin aquatio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
guassiväri (Finnish): gouache, gouache paint
Definitions
- gouache, gouache paint
Ancestry of “guassiväri”, step by step
guassiväri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish guassi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | guassi | gouache |
| 2 | French | gouache | gouache |
| 3 | Italian | guazzo | gouache; first-person singular present indicative... |
| 4 | Latin | aquatio | the getting or fetching of water; watering;... |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Finnish väri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | väri | color; flush |
| 2 | Swedish | färg | color; the spectral composition of visible light;... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | færgha | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | verwe | Alternative form of varwe; color, paint |
| 5 | Old Saxon | farwi | colour |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | faru | color; appearance; journey |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | farwō | colour |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |