Where does “kotiseutuarkisto” come from?
kotiseutuarkisto (Finnish) comes from Finnish arkisto, from Finnish arkki, from Swedish ark, from Old Swedish ark, from Middle Low German ark, from Latin arcus, from Latin solium, from Proto-Indo-European sodyom — to sit.
kotiseutuarkisto (Finnish): the (historical) archive of a home region or a certain inhabited region; local archive
Definitions
- the (historical) archive of a home region or a certain inhabited region; local archive
Ancestry of “kotiseutuarkisto”, step by step
kotiseutuarkisto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish arkisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | arkisto | archive |
| 2 | Finnish | arkki | A sheet; An ark; Any of the species belonging to... |
| 3 | Swedish | ark | an ark, a box; the Ark of the Covenant |
| 4 | Old Swedish | ark | — |
| 5 | Middle Low German | ark | — |
| 6 | Latin | arcus | arc, arch; bow; rainbow |
| 7 | Latin | solium | seat, chair; throne, chair of state, official... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sodyom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sḗd- | to sit |