Where does “luontokartoitus” come from?
luontokartoitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish kartoitus, from Finnish kartoittaa, from Finnish kartta, from Russian ка́рта, from Polish karta, from German karte, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
luontokartoitus (Finnish): nature mapping, nature charting, nature surveying
Definitions
- nature mapping, nature charting, nature surveying
Ancestry of “luontokartoitus”, step by step
luontokartoitus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kartoitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kartoitus | mapping; survey; cartography |
| 2 | Finnish | kartoittaa | to map |
| 3 | Finnish | kartta | map; Partitive singular form of karsi |
| 4 | Russian | ка́рта | playing card; card |
| 5 | Polish | karta | card; playing card; debit card, credit card |
| 6 | German | karte | card flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc |
| 7 | Middle High German | karte | — |
| 8 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 9 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 10 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 11 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 12 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 13 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 15 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |