Where does “kellankirjava” come from?
kellankirjava (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirjava, from Finnish -va, from Proto-Finnic -pa, from Proto-Uralic -pa.
kellankirjava (Finnish): rich yellow in color
Ancestry of “kellankirjava”, step by step
kellankirjava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kirjava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjava | colorful, colored, mottled, iridescent,... |
| 2 | Finnish | -va | Forms the present active participle of a verb,... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -pa | -ing; forms the present participle, which is... |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -pa | — |
via Finnish kelta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kelta | yellow |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kelta | yellow; species of club moss used for dyeing... |
| 3 | Proto-Baltic | gilˀtos | — |