Where does “harmaa” come from?
harmaa (Finnish) comes from Proto-Finnic harmaga, from Proto-Baltic śirˀmas, from Proto-Indo-European ḱr̥-m-os, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
harmaa (Finnish): grey, gray; grey, gray, dreary, gloomy; The...
Definitions
- grey, gray; grey, gray, dreary, gloomy; The...
Ancestry of “harmaa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | harmaga | grey, gray |
| 2 | Proto-Baltic | śirˀmas | — |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱr̥-m-os | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
Words derived from “harmaa”