Where does “kerrosteisuus” come from?
kerrosteisuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kerrosteinen, from Finnish kerrostaa, from Finnish kerros, from Finnish kerrata, from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
kerrosteisuus (Finnish): nestedness, layeredness
Definitions
- nestedness, layeredness
Ancestry of “kerrosteisuus”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerrosteinen | nested, layered |
| 2 | Finnish | kerrostaa | to overlay, stratify; to sandwich |
| 3 | Finnish | kerros | floor, storey; layer; Second-person singular... |
| 4 | Finnish | kerrata | To repeat or reread |
| 5 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 8 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |