Where does “mayakulttuuri” come from?

mayakulttuuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish kulttuuri, from Swedish kultur, from Latin cultūra, from Latin cultus, from Latin colere, from Latin colo, from Latin quelo, from Proto-Italic kʷelō — to turn.

mayakulttuuri (Finnish): Maya

Definitions

  1. Maya

Ancestry of “mayakulttuuri”, step by step

mayakulttuuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kulttuuri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkulttuuriculture
2Swedishkulturculture, cultivation; culture, spiritual...
3Latincultūracare, cultivation; agriculture, tillage, husbandry
4Latincultustilled, cultivated, having been cultivated;...
5Latincoleresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
6LatincoloI till, cultivate the land; I inhabit; I protect,...
7Latinquelo—
8Proto-Italickʷelōto inhabit
9Proto-Indo-Europeankʷéleti—
10Proto-Indo-Europeankʷel-to turn

via Finnish maya

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmayaMaya, Mayan
2SpanishmayaMayan
3Yucatec Mayamayab—
4Yucatec Mayamaya'—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷel- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷéleti →Every word from Proto-Italic kʷelō →