Where does “kasvukertomus” come from?
kasvukertomus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kertomus, from Finnish kertoa, from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
kasvukertomus (Finnish): coming-of-age story, growth story
Definitions
- coming-of-age story, growth story
Ancestry of “kasvukertomus”, step by step
kasvukertomus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kertomus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kertomus | story, narrative, report |
| 2 | Finnish | kertoa | to tell; to multiply; to have it |
| 3 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |