Where does “museotavara” come from?
museotavara (Finnish) comes from Finnish tavara, from Hungarian -á, from Proto-Uralic -i.
museotavara (Finnish): something that is so old it belongs in a museum
Definitions
- something that is so old it belongs in a museum
Ancestry of “museotavara”, step by step
museotavara traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tavara
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tavara | good, goods, ware, article; belongings, stuff;... |
| 2 | Hungarian | -á | Used to form the third-person singular indicative... |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | -i | — |
via Finnish museo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | museo | museum |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μουσεῖον | a home of music poetry; a museum, a... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μοῦσα | Alternative letter-case form of Μοῦσᾰ; music,... |