Where does “kartta” come from?
kartta (Finnish) comes from Russian ка́рта, from Polish karta, from German karte, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel, from Italian cartello — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
kartta (Finnish): map; Partitive singular form of karsi
Definitions
- map; Partitive singular form of karsi
Ancestry of “kartta”, step by step
kartta traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian ка́рта
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | ка́рта | playing card; card |
| 2 | Polish | karta | card; playing card; debit card, credit card |
| 3 | German | karte | card flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc |
| 4 | Middle High German | karte | — |
| 5 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 6 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 7 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 8 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 9 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 10 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Swedish karta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | karta | a map |
via Proto-Finnic karttadak
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proto-Finnic | karttadak | to avoid |