Where does “kymmenkertaistua” come from?
kymmenkertaistua (Finnish) comes from Finnish kymmenkertaistaa, from Finnish kymmenkertainen, from Finnish -kertainen, from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
kymmenkertaistua (Finnish): to dectuple, to be multiplied tenfold
Definitions
- to dectuple, to be multiplied tenfold
Ancestry of “kymmenkertaistua”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kymmenkertaistaa | to dectuple, to multiply tenfold |
| 2 | Finnish | kymmenkertainen | tenfold; ten-time |
| 3 | Finnish | -kertainen | -tuple, -fold, "X times as big/many as", or... |
| 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 |