Where does “kulttuuripääkaupunki” come from?
kulttuuripääkaupunki (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.
kulttuuripääkaupunki (Finnish): Capital of Culture city designated by the European Union for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong pan-European dimension
Definitions
- Capital of Culture city designated by the European Union for a period of one calendar year during which it organises a series of cultural events with a strong pan-European dimension
Ancestry of “kulttuuripääkaupunki”, step by step
kulttuuripääkaupunki 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 pääkaupunki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pääkaupunki | capital |
| 2 | Finnish | kaupunki | town; city |
| 3 | Old Gutnish | kaupungr | marketplace |
| 4 | Old Norse | kaupangr | marketplace |
| 5 | Old Norse | kaup | purchase |
| 6 | Old Norse | kaupa | to buy |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | kaupōną | to buy; trade |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | kaupô | innkeeper; merchant |
| 9 | Latin | caupo | Tradesman; Innkeeper, shopkeeper |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kaup- | — |