Where does “kirjoituskramppi” come from?
kirjoituskramppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kramppi, from Swedish kramp, from Middle Low German krampe, from Old Saxon krampo, from Proto-Germanic krampō, from Proto-Germanic krampô, from Proto-Indo-European grem-, from Proto-Indo-European ger- — to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind...
Ancestry of “kirjoituskramppi”, step by step
kirjoituskramppi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kramppi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kramppi | A cramp or the cramps |
| 2 | Swedish | kramp | the cramps |
| 3 | Middle Low German | krampe | hook |
| 4 | Old Saxon | krampo | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | krampō | cramp; clasp |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | krampô | cramp |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | grem- | to bind together, unite; lap, pile, heap |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |
via Finnish kirjoitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjoitus | The act of writing; A scripture, writing; An... |
| 2 | Finnish | kirjoittaa | to write; to spell; to take an examination in |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kirjoittadak | to embroider, to decorate with embroidery |