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Where does “kerrostuma” come from?

kerrostuma (Finnish) comes from Finnish kerrostua, 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-.

kerrostuma (Finnish): layer, stratum

Definitions

  1. layer, stratum

Ancestry of “kerrostuma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishkerrostuaTo be stratified
2Finnishkerrostaato overlay, stratify; to sandwich
3Finnishkerrosfloor, storey; layer; Second-person singular...
4FinnishkerrataTo repeat or reread
5Finnishkertatime, occasion; time; times; also once, when the...
6Proto-Finnickertatime
7Proto-Indo-Europeankert-times; to weave, twist together; time
8Proto-Turkic*keŕ-—

Words derived from “kerrostuma”

  • öljykerrostuma
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