Where does “karsintakurssi” come from?
karsintakurssi (Finnish) comes from Finnish karsinta, from Finnish kärsiä, from Proto-Finnic kärcidäk, from Proto-Finnic kärtitäk, from Proto-Germanic hardijaną, from Proto-Germanic harduz, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
karsintakurssi (Finnish): qualification course; a course used to pick the students that are admitted for further education
Definitions
- qualification course; a course used to pick the students that are admitted for further education
Ancestry of “karsintakurssi”, step by step
karsintakurssi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish karsinta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karsinta | limbing, delimbing; pruning; qualification |
| 2 | Finnish | kärsiä | to suffer from, endure; to suffer, experience,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kärcidäk | to suffer; to endure |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kärtitäk | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | hardijaną | to make hard, strong; to harden |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | harduz | hard; brave |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |
via Finnish kurssi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kurssi | class, course; course; rate, exchange rate |
| 2 | Swedish | kurs | course, class; course, the intended passage of... |
| 3 | Latin | cursus | The act of running; race; Course, way, passage,... |
| 4 | Latin | currō | to run |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |