Where does “kareilu” come from?
kareilu (Finnish) comes from Finnish kareilla, from Finnish Kare, from French carré, from Middle French quarré, from Old French quarré, from Latin quadrātus, from Latin quadrō, from Latin quādrus — and.
kareilu (Finnish): rippling
Definitions
- rippling
Ancestry of “kareilu”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kareilla | to ripple |
| 2 | Finnish | Kare | ripple small waves |
| 3 | French | carré | square; quadratic; straightforward |
| 4 | Middle French | quarré | — |
| 5 | Old French | quarré | square |
| 6 | Latin | quadrātus | square, squared, having been made square, made into a square shape |
| 7 | Latin | quadrō | to make four-cornered, square, make square |
| 8 | Latin | quādrus | square |
| 9 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 10 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 11 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 12 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |