Where does “hautaristi” come from?
hautaristi (Finnish) comes from Finnish Risti, from Finnish -iäinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
hautaristi (Finnish): burial cross, grave cross
Definitions
- burial cross, grave cross
Ancestry of “hautaristi”, step by step
hautaristi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Risti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Risti | cross |
| 2 | Finnish | -iäinen | Front vowel variant of -iainen |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |
via Finnish hauta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hauta | grave, tomb; trench; kiln, in the compound term... |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sauþaz | boiling; seething; wellspring; fountain; source;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂sewt- | to roil; to move about, roil, seethe |