Where does “oraakkelikortti” come from?
oraakkelikortti (Finnish) comes 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, from Latin charta — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
oraakkelikortti (Finnish): oracle card
Definitions
- oracle card
Ancestry of “oraakkelikortti”, step by step
oraakkelikortti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish körtti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | körtti | tail of a tailcoat |
| 2 | Swedish | kört | short |
| 3 | Danish | kort | short; brief; briefly |
| 4 | Low German | kort | a card |
| 5 | German | karte | card flat, normally rectangular piece of stiff paper, plastic etc |
| 6 | Middle High German | karte | — |
| 7 | Old French | carte | Alternative form of chartre |
| 8 | Latin | charta | papyrus, paper; poem, a writing; map |
| 9 | French | cartel | a cartel |
| 10 | Italian | cartello | sign, notice, placard, signboard; signpost, road... |
| 11 | Italian | carta | paper; map; menu |
| 12 | Latin | carta | papyrus; letter etc |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish oraakkeli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | oraakkeli | oracle |
| 2 | Latin | oraculum | A divine announcement, oracle; A prophetic... |
| 3 | Latin | -culum | nominative neuter singular of -culus; accusative... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -klom | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |