Where does “joulukuusenkoriste” come from?
joulukuusenkoriste (Finnish) comes from Finnish joulukuusi, from Swedish julgran, from Swedish jul, from Swedish juli, from Latin Iūlius, from Latin iuppiter, from Proto-Italic djous patēr, from Proto-Italic *djous — to be bright; sky, heaven.
joulukuusenkoriste (Finnish): Christmas tree decoration, Christmas tree ornament
Definitions
- Christmas tree decoration, Christmas tree ornament
Ancestry of “joulukuusenkoriste”, step by step
joulukuusenkoriste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish joulukuusi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | joulukuusi | a spruce Christmas tree |
| 2 | Swedish | julgran | Christmas tree |
| 3 | Swedish | jul | Christmas; July; Abbreviation of juli |
| 4 | Swedish | juli | July |
| 5 | Latin | Iūlius | Of the gens Julia, a patrician Roman family |
| 6 | Latin | iuppiter | Jupiter god of the sky and ruler of the Roman pantheon |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | djous patēr | Jupiter |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *djous | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | dyḗws | sky, heaven; sky god |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | dyéws | sky, heaven |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | dyew- | to be bright; sky, heaven |
via Finnish koriste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | koriste | decoration, ornament |
| 2 | Finnish | koristaa | To decorate, to adorn, to embellish; To festoon;... |
| 3 | Finnish | korea | beautiful, decorated; Korean; chorea |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | χορεία | dance, especially choral dance with music; any... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -είᾱ | Superficially appears in abstract nouns derived from σ-stem adjectives, with the true suffix being |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |