Where does “kulttuurinihilismi” come from?
kulttuurinihilismi (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.
kulttuurinihilismi (Finnish): cultural nihilism
Definitions
- cultural nihilism
Ancestry of “kulttuurinihilismi”, step by step
kulttuurinihilismi 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 |
via Finnish nihilismi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nihilismi | nihilism |
| 2 | German | Nihilismus | nihilism |
| 3 | Latin | nihil | indefinite nothing |
| 4 | Latin | nihilum | nothing; no value |
| 5 | Latin | nē | no; not |
| 6 | Latin | gēns | Roman clan (related by birth or marriage and sharing a common name and often united by certain religious rites) |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | *gentis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |