Where does “karimetso” come from?

karimetso (Finnish) comes from Finnish kari, from Russian Макарий, from Ancient Greek Μακάριος, from Ancient Greek -ισμός, from Ancient Greek -μός, from Proto-Indo-European -mós — Creates action/result nouns from verb stems.

karimetso (Finnish): common shag, European shag

Definitions

  1. common shag, European shag

Ancestry of “karimetso”, step by step

karimetso traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarirock; skerry; ground
2RussianМакарий
3Ancient GreekΜακάριοςblessed, happy
4Ancient Greek-ισμόςForms abstract nouns
5Ancient Greek-μόςForms abstract nouns
6Proto-Indo-European-mósCreates action/result nouns from verb stems

via Finnish metso

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetsowood grouse, capercaillie, "Tetrao urogallus"
2Proto-Finnicmeccoicapercaillie (Tetrao urogallus)
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mósEvery word from Ancient Greek -μόςEvery word from Ancient Greek -ισμός
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