Where does “pertsa” come from?
pertsa (Finnish) comes from Finnish perinteinen hiihtotapa, from Finnish perinteinen, from Finnish perinne, from Finnish -nne, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
pertsa (Finnish): classic, classic skiing
Definitions
- classic, classic skiing
Ancestry of “pertsa”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | perinteinen hiihtotapa | classic skiing |
| 2 | Finnish | perinteinen | traditional; classic skiing |
| 3 | Finnish | perinne | tradition |
| 4 | Finnish | -nne | The possessive suffix for 2nd person plural, used... |
| 5 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 6 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 7 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 8 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 9 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |