Where does “multakokkare” come from?
multakokkare (Finnish) comes from Finnish kokkare, from Finnish -re, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
multakokkare (Finnish): lump of soil, lump of earth
Definitions
- lump of soil, lump of earth
Ancestry of “multakokkare”, step by step
multakokkare traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kokkare
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kokkare | A lump, as an irregularly shaped piece of... |
| 2 | Finnish | -re | Forms nouns, mostly from nominal stems |
| 3 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 4 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 6 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 7 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish multa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | multa | mould; Ablative form of mä |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | multa | soil, dirt, mould |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | muldō | mould; soil, dirt |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | melh₂- | to grind, to crush |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | mel- | soft; tender; weak; to deceive; to rub |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mey- | to strengthen; to bind; to change, exchange |