Where does “karehtia” come from?
karehtia (Finnish) comes from Finnish Kare, from French carré, from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus, from Latin quattŭor — and.
karehtia (Finnish): to ripple to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
Definitions
- to ripple to move like the undulating surface of a body of water
Ancestry of “karehtia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Kare | ripple small waves |
| 2 | French | carré | square; quadratic; straightforward |
| 3 | Middle French | quarré | — |
| 4 | Old French | quarré | square |
| 5 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 6 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 7 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 8 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 9 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 10 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 11 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |