Where does “kivikasarmi” come from?
kivikasarmi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kasarmi, from Swedish kasarm, from German Kasarme, from Italian caserma, from French caserne, from Old Occitan cazerna, from Vulgar Latin quaderna, from Latin quaterni — and.
kivikasarmi (Finnish): a large gray building
Definitions
- a large gray building
Ancestry of “kivikasarmi”, step by step
kivikasarmi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kasarmi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kasarmi | barracks |
| 2 | Swedish | kasarm | — |
| 3 | German | Kasarme | — |
| 4 | Italian | caserma | barracks |
| 5 | French | caserne | barracks |
| 6 | Old Occitan | cazerna | — |
| 7 | Vulgar Latin | quaderna | — |
| 8 | Latin | quaterni | four each; four at a time |
| 9 | Latin | quater | four times |
| 10 | Latin | quattŭor | four; 4 |
| 11 | Portuguese | quarto | ordinal form of quatro; fourth; quarter; fourth;... |
| 12 | Old Portuguese | quarto | quarter |
| 13 | Latin | quārtus | fourth |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeturtos | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷetwóres | four |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷe- | and |