Where does “kierrätyslasi” come from?
kierrätyslasi (Finnish) comes from Finnish lasi, from Swedish glas, from Old Swedish glas, from Middle Low German glas, from Old Saxon glas, from Proto-West Germanic glas, from Proto-Germanic glasą, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰel- — to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;...
kierrätyslasi (Finnish): recycled or to-be-recycled glass material
Definitions
- recycled or to-be-recycled glass material
Ancestry of “kierrätyslasi”, step by step
kierrätyslasi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lasi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lasi | glass; bells; ice |
| 2 | Swedish | glas | glass |
| 3 | Old Swedish | glas | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | glas | glass |
| 5 | Old Saxon | glas | glass |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | glas | glass |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | glasą | glass |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰel- | to shine, glimmer, glow; to shimmer, gleam;... |
via Finnish kierrätys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kierrätys | rotation; recycling |
| 2 | Finnish | kierrättää | to take (someone) all over, show (someone) the sights, show (someone) around |
| 3 | Finnish | kiertää | to turn, twist, screw, rotate; to roll; to wind,... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | keertädäk | to turn; to spin thread |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | keerä | twisted |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | kerä | — |