Where does “karjalaisväestö” come from?
karjalaisväestö (Finnish) comes from Finnish karjalainen, from Finnish Karjala, from Finnish karja, from Proto-Germanic harjaz, from Proto-Indo-European kóryos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥-, from Proto-Indo-European ker- — army.
karjalaisväestö (Finnish): Karelian population, Karelians; especially as contrasted with other peoples living in the same geographical area
Definitions
- Karelian population, Karelians; especially as contrasted with other peoples living in the same geographical area
Ancestry of “karjalaisväestö”, step by step
karjalaisväestö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish karjalainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karjalainen | Karelian; Person from Karelia |
| 2 | Finnish | Karjala | Karelia |
| 3 | Finnish | karja | cattle domesticated bovine animals sometimes with a specifier |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | harjaz | army; army leader; commander; warrior |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kóryos | war; troops; army; war, troops |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Finnish väestö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | väestö | Population; the people living within a political... |
| 2 | Finnish | väki | people, crowd; power, strength, force |
| 3 | Icelandic | vaki | hormone |
| 4 | Arabic | وَاقِع | happening, occurring; falling |
| 5 | Arabic | النَّسْر الوَاقِع | falling eagle |