Where does “liituraitakangas” come from?
liituraitakangas (Finnish) comes from Finnish liituraita, from Finnish liitu, from Swedish klita, from Middle Low German krite, from Latin Crēta, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.
liituraitakangas (Finnish): pinstripe fabric with a pattern of very thin stripes
Definitions
- pinstripe fabric with a pattern of very thin stripes
Ancestry of “liituraitakangas”, step by step
liituraitakangas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liituraita
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liituraita | pinstripe thin stripe on a fabric |
| 2 | Finnish | liitu | chalk |
| 3 | Swedish | klita | chalk |
| 4 | Middle Low German | krite | — |
| 5 | Latin | Crēta | chalk |
| 6 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 7 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 8 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 9 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |
via Finnish kangas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kangas | cloth, fabric or textile; material; A soil type:... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kangas | cloth, fabric |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | gangaz | pace, step, gait; walk; way, course |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰongʰ-o-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |