Where does “kuormakirja” come from?

kuormakirja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kirja, from Proto-Finnic kirja — decoration, carving, pattern.

kuormakirja (Finnish): delivery note, waybill, bill of lading

Definitions

  1. delivery note, waybill, bill of lading

Ancestry of “kuormakirja”, step by step

kuormakirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkirjabook; quire
2Proto-Finnickirjadecoration, carving, pattern

via Finnish kuorma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuormaload, charge, burden
2Proto-Finnickoormaload, burden
Every word from Proto-Finnic kirja →Every word from Finnish kirja →
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