Where does “kaleeriorja” come from?

kaleeriorja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kaleeri, from Swedish galär, from French galère, from Catalan galera, from Latin galea, from Ancient Greek γαλέη, from Proto-Indo-European glī-, from English glio-.

kaleeriorja (Finnish): galley slave

Definitions

  1. galley slave

Ancestry of “kaleeriorja”, step by step

kaleeriorja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kaleeri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkaleerigalley
2Swedishgalärgalley
3Frenchgalèregalley (kind of ship)
4Catalangaleragalley
5Latingaleaa helmet; vocative singular of galea; ablative...
6Ancient Greekγαλέηname given to various animals of the Mustelidae...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanglī-mous
8Englishglio-Gliomatous; Glial; Embedded in a gelatinous...
9Ancient Greekγλίαglue
10Proto-Indo-European*gley-

via Finnish orja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishorjaslave
2Proto-Finnicorjaslave; servant
3Proto-Finno-Permicorja
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gley-Every word from English glio-Every word from Proto-Indo-European glī-