Where does “hirsikerta” come from?
hirsikerta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
hirsikerta (Finnish): layer of logs, course of logs e.g. in a building
Definitions
- layer of logs, course of logs e.g. in a building
Ancestry of “hirsikerta”, step by step
hirsikerta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kerta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |
via Finnish hirsi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hirsi | log, timber; fess |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | hirci | beam, log |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | žьrdь | perch, pole, ricker |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰerdʰ- | to enclose, to encircle; enclosure, fence, belt |