Where does “harmaankirjava” come from?

harmaankirjava (Finnish) comes from Finnish harmaa, 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.

harmaankirjava (Finnish): dappled-gray

Definitions

  1. dappled-gray

Ancestry of “harmaankirjava”, step by step

harmaankirjava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish harmaa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishharmaagrey, gray; grey, gray, dreary, gloomy; The...
2Proto-Finnicharmagagrey, gray
3Proto-Balticśirˀmas
4Proto-Indo-Europeanḱr̥-m-os
5Proto-Indo-Europeanḱer-to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeankr̥-to turn, to bend
7Proto-Indo-Europeanker-army

via Finnish kirjava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjavacolorful, colored, mottled, iridescent,...
2Finnish-vaForms the present active participle of a verb,...
3Proto-Finnic-pa-ing; forms the present participle, which is...
4Proto-Uralic-pa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ker-Every word from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-Every word from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-