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Where does “kutoutua” come from?

kutoutua (Finnish) comes from Finnish kutoa, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

kutoutua (Finnish): to be woven

Definitions

  1. to be woven

Ancestry of “kutoutua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkutoato weave; to knit
2Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
3Finnishhartiashoulder
4Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
5Greekχαρτίpaper
6Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
7Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
8Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines
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