Where does “kirjallisuuskritiikki” come from?
kirjallisuuskritiikki (Finnish) comes from Finnish kritiikki, from Swedish kritik, from French critique, from New Latin critica, from Latin criticus, from Ancient Greek κριτικός, from Ancient Greek κρίσις, from Ancient Greek κρίνω — to sift, separate, divide.
kirjallisuuskritiikki (Finnish): literary criticism
Definitions
- literary criticism
Ancestry of “kirjallisuuskritiikki”, step by step
kirjallisuuskritiikki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kritiikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kritiikki | criticism |
| 2 | Swedish | kritik | criticism |
| 3 | French | critique | critical; judgemental; criticism |
| 4 | New Latin | critica | critique; inflection of criticus: ##... |
| 5 | Latin | criticus | critical, decisive; a critic |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | κριτικός | Able to judge, discerning, critical; critic,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κρίσις | decision, determination, judgment; trial,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κρίνω | To separate, divide, part, distinguish between... |
| 9 | Proto-Hellenic | kríňňō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | krinyéti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | krey- | to sift, separate, divide |
via Finnish kirjallisuus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjallisuus | literature |
| 2 | Finnish | kirjallinen | written; literary |
| 3 | Finnish | -llinen | Forms adjectives that indicate time; Forms... |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |