Where does “kelttiheimo” come from?
kelttiheimo (Finnish) comes from Finnish keltti, from English Celt, from Latin celtis, from Latin certe, from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
kelttiheimo (Finnish): Celtic tribe
Definitions
- Celtic tribe
Ancestry of “kelttiheimo”, step by step
kelttiheimo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish keltti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keltti | Celt person |
| 2 | English | Celt | A member of one of the ancient peoples of Western Europe called Celtae by the Romans |
| 3 | Latin | celtis | a tree, considered to be the hackberry; chisel |
| 4 | Latin | certe | certainly, surely; at any rate |
| 5 | Latin | -ē | ly; used to form adverbs from adjectives |
| 6 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 7 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 8 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via Finnish heimo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | heimo | tribe; family |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | haimo | tribe; family; kindred, relatives |
| 3 | Old High German | -o | Forms adverbs from adjectives; used to form... |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | -ō | Creates adverbs from adjectives; Creates agent... |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | -ô | -ly; Forms agent nouns, often from the zero-grade... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |