Where does “muistikortinlukija” come from?
muistikortinlukija (Finnish) comes from Finnish muistikortti, 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.
muistikortinlukija (Finnish): memory card reader
Definitions
- memory card reader
Ancestry of “muistikortinlukija”, step by step
muistikortinlukija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muistikortti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muistikortti | memory card, flash card; memory 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 |