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Where does “keltainen kortti” come from?

keltainen kortti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kortti, from Swedish kort, from Middle Low German kort, from Old Saxon kurt, from Proto-West Germanic kurt, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.

keltainen kortti (Finnish): yellow card

Definitions

  1. yellow card

Ancestry of “keltainen kortti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkortticard; licence, permit; Short for pelikortti
2Swedishkortshort; a card; a piece of stiff paper or plastic;...
3Middle Low Germankortshort
4Old Saxonkurt—
5Proto-West Germanickurtshort
6Latincurtusshortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete
7Proto-Indo-European(s)ḱer-dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth
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