Where does “miellekartta” come from?
miellekartta (Finnish) comes from Finnish kartta, from Russian ка́рта, from Polish karta, from German karte, from Middle High German karte, from Old French carte, from Latin charta, from French cartel — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
miellekartta (Finnish): mind map
Definitions
- mind map
Ancestry of “miellekartta”, step by step
miellekartta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kartta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kartta | map; Partitive singular form of karsi |
| 2 | Russian | ка́рта | playing card; card |
| 3 | Polish | karta | card; playing card; debit card, credit card |
| 4 | German | karte | card flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc |
| 5 | Middle High German | karte | — |
| 6 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 7 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 8 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 9 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 10 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 11 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish mielle
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | mielle | A mental image or thought that comes to mind |
| 2 | Finnish | mieltää | To perceive; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 4 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |