Where does “kitaransoitto” come from?
kitaransoitto (Finnish) comes from Finnish kitara, from German Gitarre, from Spanish guitarra, from Old Spanish guitarra, from Arabic قِيثَارَة, from Latin cithara, from Ancient Greek κιθάρα — lyre; the ribs of the horse; ivy.
kitaransoitto (Finnish): guitar playing
Definitions
- guitar playing
Ancestry of “kitaransoitto”, step by step
kitaransoitto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kitara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kitara | guitar |
| 2 | German | Gitarre | guitar |
| 3 | Spanish | guitarra | guitar |
| 4 | Old Spanish | guitarra | classical guitar |
| 5 | Arabic | قِيثَارَة | — |
| 6 | Latin | cithara | cithara, lyre, lute, guitar; guitar |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κιθάρα | lyre; the ribs of the horse; ivy |
via Finnish soitto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | soitto | music; playing; call, telephone call; ring; bell |
| 2 | Finnish | soittaa | to play; to phone, call; to ring, toll |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttaa | Forms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |