Where does “kompassikasvi” come from?
kompassikasvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kompassi, from Swedish kompass, from Medieval Latin compassus, from Italian compassare, from Latin com-, from Latin con-, from Latin cum, from Old Latin com — to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,...
kompassikasvi (Finnish): Any plant that grows such that one can use them to determine the compass points
Definitions
- Any plant that grows such that one can use them to determine the compass points
Ancestry of “kompassikasvi”, step by step
kompassikasvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kompassi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kompassi | compass |
| 2 | Swedish | kompass | compass |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | compassus | a circle, a circuit; suffered; pitied |
| 4 | Italian | compassare | measure with a pair of compasses |
| 5 | Latin | com- | allomorph of con- |
| 6 | Latin | con- | Used in compounds to indicate a being or bringing... |
| 7 | Latin | cum | with, along with; at; -fold |
| 8 | Old Latin | com | Alternative form of cum |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kom | with, along, at |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gū- | to bend; curve; arch; vault; to bow, bend, arch,... |