Where does “korkeakulttuurinen” come from?
korkeakulttuurinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish korkeakulttuuri, from Finnish kulttuuri, from Swedish kultur, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo — to turn.
korkeakulttuurinen (Finnish): high-cultural, high-culture
Definitions
- high-cultural, high-culture
Ancestry of “korkeakulttuurinen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | korkeakulttuuri | high culture, civilization |
| 2 | Finnish | kulttuuri | culture |
| 3 | Swedish | kultur | culture, cultivation; culture, spiritual... |
| 4 | Latin | cultūra | care, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry |
| 5 | Latin | cultus | tilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;... |
| 6 | Latin | colere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | colo | I till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,... |
| 8 | Latin | quelo | — |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | kʷelō | to inhabit |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |