Where does “mieskvartetti” come from?

mieskvartetti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kvartetti, from French quartette, from Italian quartetto, from Italian quarto, from Latin quārtus, from Proto-Indo-European kʷeturtos, from Proto-Indo-European kʷetwóres, from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- — and.

mieskvartetti (Finnish): male quartet

Definitions

  1. male quartet

Ancestry of “mieskvartetti”, step by step

mieskvartetti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kvartetti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkvartettiquartet
2Frenchquartettequartet
3Italianquartettoquartet; foursome
4Italianquartofourth
5Latinquārtusfourth
6Proto-Indo-Europeankʷeturtos—
7Proto-Indo-Europeankʷetwóresfour
8Proto-Indo-Europeankʷe-and

via Finnish mies

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmiesman; husband
2Proto-Finnicmeesman, male; husband
3Proto-Finnicmeexes—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kʷe- →