Where does “käyttölape” come from?
käyttölape (Finnish) comes from Finnish lape, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
käyttölape (Finnish): the face of sawn and planed lumber, e.g. for cladding, that is meant to be visible or seen; visible face
Definitions
- the face of sawn and planed lumber, e.g. for cladding, that is meant to be visible or seen; visible face
Ancestry of “käyttölape”, step by step
käyttölape traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lape
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lape | the flat of a blade; any of the flat or sloped... |
| 2 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 3 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 5 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 6 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |