Where does “kerta-avain” come from?
kerta-avain (Finnish) comes from Finnish avain, from Finnish avata, from Proto-Finnic avait'ak, from Proto-Finno-Ugric aŋa-.
kerta-avain (Finnish): one-time pad, one-time pad key
Definitions
- one-time pad, one-time pad key
Ancestry of “kerta-avain”, step by step
kerta-avain traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish avain
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | avain | key; code; clef, used especially in compound... |
| 2 | Finnish | avata | to open; to unwrap; to turn on |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | avait'ak | to open |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | aŋa- | — |
via Finnish kerta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 4 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |