Where does “halokaari” come from?
halokaari (Finnish) comes from Finnish halo, from English halo, from Latin halōs, from Ancient Greek ἅλως — threshing floor; grain on the floor; disk.
halokaari (Finnish): halo arc
Ancestry of “halokaari”, step by step
halokaari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish halo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | halo | Indicative present connegative form of halkoa;... |
| 2 | English | halo | A circular band of coloured light, visible around... |
| 3 | Latin | halōs | halo (a circle around the sun or moon) |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἅλως | threshing floor; grain on the floor; disk |
via Finnish kaari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kaari | curve; bow; arch |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kaari | curve |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | këŋere | curved thing |