Where does “nestekartonki” come from?
nestekartonki (Finnish) comes from Finnish neste, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
nestekartonki (Finnish): a carton containing liquid
Definitions
- a carton containing liquid
Ancestry of “nestekartonki”, step by step
nestekartonki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish neste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | neste | liquid; fluid, in certain technical terms |
| 2 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 3 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 5 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 6 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish kartonki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kartonki | paperboard, cardboard, card stock thick paper |
| 2 | Swedish | kartong | cardboard |
| 3 | French | carton | cardboard; carton, cardboard box; target |
| 4 | Italian | cartone | cardboard, paperboard; carton, box; cartoon |
| 5 | Italian | -one | Alterative suffix used to form augmentatives;... |
| 6 | Latin | -ō | suffixed to nouns or adjectives. Originally a-stem nouns. Later extended to nouns with other stems. Forms regular first-conjugation verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ō | Derives nouns from roots |