Where does “kellarikerros” come from?
kellarikerros (Finnish) comes from Finnish kellari, from Swedish källare, from Latin cellārium, from Latin -ārium, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.
kellarikerros (Finnish): basement floor of a building below ground level
Definitions
- basement floor of a building below ground level
Ancestry of “kellarikerros”, step by step
kellarikerros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kellari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kellari | A cellar; A storage space in an apartment... |
| 2 | Swedish | källare | basement; cellar |
| 3 | Latin | cellārium | storeroom, larder, cellar, pantry |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |
via Finnish kerros
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerros | floor, storey; layer; Second-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | kerrata | To repeat or reread |
| 3 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |