Where does “kulttuuripiiri” come from?
kulttuuripiiri (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.
kulttuuripiiri (Finnish): cultural sphere; cultural circles
Definitions
- cultural sphere; cultural circles
Ancestry of “kulttuuripiiri”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kulttuuri | culture |
| 2 | Swedish | kultur | culture, cultivation; culture, spiritual... |
| 3 | Latin | cultūra | — |
| 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 | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷéleti | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷel- | to turn |