Where does “masurkka” come from?
masurkka (Finnish) comes from German Mazurka, from Russian мазу́рка, from Polish Mazurek, from Polish -ek, from Polish -ny, from Latin temporālis, from Latin tempus, from Proto-Indo-European tempos — to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to...
masurkka (Finnish): mazurka
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- mazurka
Ancestry of “masurkka”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Mazurka | mazurka |
| 2 | Russian | мазу́рка | mazurka |
| 3 | Polish | Mazurek | mazurka, Mazur |
| 4 | Polish | -ek | masculine diminutive noun suffix |
| 5 | Polish | -ny | Forms masculine adjectives |
| 6 | Latin | temporālis | of or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary, temporal |
| 7 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |