Where does “kuusinkertaistua” come from?
kuusinkertaistua (Finnish) comes from Finnish kuusinkertaistaa, from Finnish kuusinkertainen, from Finnish kertainen, from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
kuusinkertaistua (Finnish): to sextuple, to be multiplied sixfold
Definitions
- to sextuple, to be multiplied sixfold
Ancestry of “kuusinkertaistua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kuusinkertaistaa | to sextuple, to multiply sixfold |
| 2 | Finnish | kuusinkertainen | sextuple, sixfold |
| 3 | Finnish | kertainen | times |
| 4 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 7 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |