Where does “kaunokirjailija” come from?
kaunokirjailija (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjailija, from Finnish kirjailla, from Finnish kirjata, from Finnish kirja, from Proto-Finnic kirja — decoration, carving, pattern.
kaunokirjailija (Finnish): fiction writer, an author who writes fiction of literary value
Definitions
- fiction writer, an author who writes fiction of literary value
Ancestry of “kaunokirjailija”, step by step
kaunokirjailija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kirjailija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjailija | author, writer |
| 2 | Finnish | kirjailla | to embroider; to write a book or books |
| 3 | Finnish | kirjata | to book, log, register; to register |
| 4 | Finnish | kirja | book; quire |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | kirja | decoration, carving, pattern |