Where does “kymmenysvaaka” come from?
kymmenysvaaka (Finnish) comes from Finnish kymmenys, from Finnish -nnes, from Finnish -nne, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
kymmenysvaaka (Finnish): a scale that is in balance when the weights weigh one tenth of the item being weighed
Definitions
- a scale that is in balance when the weights weigh one tenth of the item being weighed
Ancestry of “kymmenysvaaka”, step by step
kymmenysvaaka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kymmenys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kymmenys | one tenth; tithe |
| 2 | Finnish | -nnes | — |
| 3 | Finnish | -nne | The possessive suffix for 2nd person plural, used... |
| 4 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 5 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 6 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 7 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 8 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |