Where does “katsekontakti” come from?
katsekontakti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kontakti, from Swedish kontakt, from Latin contactus, from Latin contingō, from Latin cōn-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com, from Proto-Italic kom — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
katsekontakti (Finnish): eye contact
Definitions
- eye contact
Ancestry of “katsekontakti”, step by step
katsekontakti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kontakti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kontakti | contact |
| 2 | Swedish | kontakt | a contact, a connection; a switch; a connector, a... |
| 3 | Latin | contactus | touched on all sides, having been touched on all... |
| 4 | Latin | contingō | to touch on all sides, take hold of, come into contact with |
| 5 | Latin | cōn- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing together of several objects |
| 6 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 7 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 11 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 12 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 13 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |
via Finnish katse
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | katse | look, glance; gaze |
| 2 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 3 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 5 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 6 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |