Where does “kurkkumätärokote” come from?
kurkkumätärokote (Finnish) comes from Finnish kurkkumätä, from Finnish kurkku, from Swedish gurka, from Low German Gurk, from Middle Low German augurke, from Polish ogórek, from Greek άγουρος, from Ancient Greek ἄωρος — together, one.
kurkkumätärokote (Finnish): diphtheria vaccine
Definitions
- diphtheria vaccine
Ancestry of “kurkkumätärokote”, step by step
kurkkumätärokote traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kurkkumätä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kurkkumätä | diphtheria |
| 2 | Finnish | kurkku | throat; beard; cucumber |
| 3 | Swedish | gurka | a cucumber |
| 4 | Low German | Gurk | cucumber |
| 5 | Middle Low German | augurke | — |
| 6 | Polish | ogórek | cucumber; gherkin |
| 7 | Greek | άγουρος | unripe, green; immature; inexperienced |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἄωρος | untimely, unseasonable; unripe; without youthful... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via Finnish rokote
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rokote | vaccine |
| 2 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 3 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 5 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 6 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |