Where does “karvasilkkiyrtti” come from?
karvasilkkiyrtti (Finnish) comes from Finnish silkkiyrtti, from Finnish silkki, from Old Swedish silke, from Old Norse silki, from Latin sēricum, from English serigraph, from Latin sericum, from Latin sericus — -y, -ic.
karvasilkkiyrtti (Finnish): butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa species of milkweed native to eastern North America, with clustered orange or yellow flowers
Definitions
- butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa species of milkweed native to eastern North America, with clustered orange or yellow flowers
Ancestry of “karvasilkkiyrtti”, step by step
karvasilkkiyrtti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish silkkiyrtti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | silkkiyrtti | silkweed, milkweed plant of the genus |
| 2 | Finnish | silkki | silk |
| 3 | Old Swedish | silke | — |
| 4 | Old Norse | silki | silk |
| 5 | Latin | sēricum | Chinese goods, but especially silk |
| 6 | English | serigraph | a silkscreen print made by serigraphy; an... |
| 7 | Latin | sericum | Chinese goods, but especially silk |
| 8 | Latin | sericus | Of or pertaining to the Seres or the Chinese;... |
| 9 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |