Where does “korttisakki” come from?
korttisakki (Finnish) comes from Finnish körtti, from Swedish kört, from Danish kort, from Low German kort, from German karte, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
korttisakki (Finnish): group of people that is playing cards
Definitions
- group of people that is playing cards
Ancestry of “korttisakki”, step by step
korttisakki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish körtti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | körtti | tail of a tailcoat |
| 2 | Swedish | kört | short |
| 3 | Danish | kort | short; brief; briefly |
| 4 | Low German | kort | a card |
| 5 | German | karte | card flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc |
| 6 | Middle High German | karte | — |
| 7 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 8 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 9 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 10 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 11 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 12 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish säkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | säkki | sack; gunny sack; sackcloth |
| 2 | Swedish | schack | chess; a game of strategy for two players; check;... |
| 3 | German | schāch | chess game |
| 4 | Middle High German | schāch | — |
| 5 | Latin | scacci | chess |
| 6 | Latin | scaccus | API; check |
| 7 | Arabic | شَاه | king in chess; king; king or check at chess, shah |
| 8 | Persian | شاه | king; shah; king; Something that is the biggest... |
| 9 | Middle Persian | 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 | king |
| 10 | Old Persian | 𐏋 | king |
| 11 | Proto-Iranian | xšáyati | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | kšáyati | he rules, he has power over |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |