Where does “kuurata” come from?
kuurata (Finnish) comes from Swedish skura, from Old French escurer, from Medieval Latin scuro, from Latin cūrō, from Latin cūra, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeys-, from Proto-Indo-European kʷey- — to pay; to avenge.
kuurata (Finnish): To scrub
Definitions
- To scrub
Ancestry of “kuurata”, step by step
kuurata traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish skura
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | skura | to scrub |
| 2 | Old French | escurer | — |
| 3 | Medieval Latin | scuro | — |
| 4 | Latin | cūrō | to arrange, see to, attend to, take care of, look after, ensure, tend to |
| 5 | Latin | cūra | care, concern, thought |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷeys- | to see; to heed |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | kʷey- | to pay; to avenge |
via Finnish Kuu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Kuu | The Moon the satellite of the Earth |
| 2 | Finnish | kuusi | six; spruce; Norway spruce, "Picea abies" |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kuuci | six |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kutte | ridge; six |
via Finnish Rata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Rata | The former (Finnish) Financial Supervision Authority authority supervising financial markets and participants; merged with another authority in 2009 |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *rata | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tradō | way; track; spoor |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |