Where does “kellari” come from?
kellari (Finnish) comes from Swedish källare, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
kellari (Finnish): A cellar; A storage space in an apartment...
Definitions
- A cellar; A storage space in an apartment...
Ancestry of “kellari”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | källare | basement; cellar |
| 2 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 3 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |