Where does “karttuisa” come from?

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

karttuisa (Finnish): ample, accumulating from small amounts

Definitions

  1. ample, accumulating from small amounts

Ancestry of “karttuisa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkarttuato accumulate
2Proto-Kartveliankart-eastern Georgia, Georgians
3FinnishkärsiThird-person singular indicative past form of...
4Proto-Finnickarcichar, that has been burned and charred
Every word from Proto-Finnic karci →Every word from Finnish kärsi →Every word from Proto-Kartvelian kart- →