Where does “magneettikorttimuisti” come from?
magneettikorttimuisti (Finnish) comes from Finnish magneettikortti, from Finnish körtti, from Swedish kört, from Danish kort, from Low German kort, from German karte, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
magneettikorttimuisti (Finnish): magnetic card memory an early type of electronic memory in which the data was stored on magnetic cards; used e.g. in electronic typewriters
Definitions
- magnetic card memory an early type of electronic memory in which the data was stored on magnetic cards; used e.g. in electronic typewriters
Ancestry of “magneettikorttimuisti”, step by step
magneettikorttimuisti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish magneettikortti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | magneettikortti | magnetic card |
| 2 | Finnish | körtti | tail of a tailcoat |
| 3 | Swedish | kört | short |
| 4 | Danish | kort | short; brief; briefly |
| 5 | Low German | kort | a 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 |