Where does “karttua” come from?

karttua (Finnish) comes from Proto-Kartvelian kart-, from Finnish kärsi, from Proto-Finnic karci — char, that has been burned and charred.

karttua (Finnish): to accumulate

Definitions

  1. to accumulate

Ancestry of “karttua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Kartveliankart-eastern Georgia, Georgians
2FinnishkärsiThird-person singular indicative past form of...
3Proto-Finnickarcichar, that has been burned and charred

Words derived from “karttua”

Every word from Proto-Finnic karci →Every word from Finnish kärsi →Every word from Proto-Kartvelian kart- →
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