Where does “karjeta” come from?
karjeta (Finnish) comes from Finnish karkea, from Proto-Finnic karkeda, from Proto-Uralic karke, from Old Saxon kirika, from Proto-West Germanic kirikā, from Ancient Greek κυριακόν, from Ancient Greek Κύριος, from Proto-Hellenic *kúrios.
karjeta (Finnish): to be hardened
Ancestry of “karjeta”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karkea | rough; coarse; harsh |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | karkeda | harsh; coarse, rough; bitter, sharp |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | karke | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | kirika | church |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kirikā | church |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κυριακόν | church |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Κύριος | Lord |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *kúrios | — |