Where does “kapiteelikirjain” come from?

kapiteelikirjain (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjain, from Finnish kirjata, from Finnish kirja, from Proto-Finnic kirja — decoration, carving, pattern.

kapiteelikirjain (Finnish): small capital letter

Definitions

  1. small capital letter

Ancestry of “kapiteelikirjain”, step by step

kapiteelikirjain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirjain

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjainletter; Genitive plural form of kirja
2Finnishkirjatato book, log, register; to register
3Finnishkirjabook; quire
4Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern

via Finnish kapiteeli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkapiteelicapital uppermost part of a column
2Swedishkapitalgrave, utter, all-encompassing; which does not...
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