Where does “keskikorni” come from?
keskikorni (Finnish) comes from Finnish korni, from English corny, from English corn, from Middle English corn, from Old English corn, from Proto-West Germanic korn, from Proto-Germanic kurną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵr̥h₂nóm — to grow old, to mature.
keskikorni (Finnish): Middle Cornish language
Definitions
- Middle Cornish language
Ancestry of “keskikorni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | korni | Cornish; corny |
| 2 | English | corny | Boring and unoriginal; Hackneyed or excessively... |
| 3 | English | corn | The main cereal plant grown for its grain in a... |
| 4 | Middle English | corn | Any plant that bears grain, especially wheat; a... |
| 5 | Old English | corn | corn, a grain or seed; a cornlike pimple, a corn... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | korn | corn, grain, cereal |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kurną | corn, grain, cereal |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nóm | grain |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵr̥h₂nós | matured, grown old |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵerh₂- | to grow old, to mature |