Where does “kehyskartonki” come from?

kehyskartonki (Finnish) comes from Finnish kartonki, from Swedish kartong, from French carton, from Italian cartone, from Italian carta, from Latin carta, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

kehyskartonki (Finnish): matte, mat, matting; passe-partout obsolete decorative border around a picture - often a photograph or a graphics sheet - used to inset and center the contents of a frame

Definitions

  1. matte, mat, matting; passe-partout obsolete decorative border around a picture - often a photograph or a graphics sheet - used to inset and center the contents of a frame

Ancestry of “kehyskartonki”, step by step

kehyskartonki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kartonki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkartonkipaperboard, cardboard, card stock thick paper
2Swedishkartongcardboard
3Frenchcartoncardboard; carton, cardboard box; target
4Italiancartonecardboard, paperboard; carton, box; cartoon
5Italiancartapaper; map; menu
6Latincartapapyrus; letter etc
7Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
8Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish kehys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkehysframe; cadre
2Finnishkehäcircle, ring; halo; circle, circumference
3Proto-Finnickehäcircle, ring
4Proto-Finnickeššä
5Proto-Finno-Ugrickeččä
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-