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