Where does “piirtokirjoitus” come from?
piirtokirjoitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish piirto, from Old High German Berhthold, from Proto-Germanic *Berhtawald, from Proto-Germanic *berht, from Proto-Germanic berhtaz, from Proto-Germanic hrabnaz, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂-, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer- — army.
piirtokirjoitus (Finnish): inscription, epigraph text inscribed on stone, etc
Definitions
- inscription, epigraph text inscribed on stone, etc
Ancestry of “piirtokirjoitus”, step by step
piirtokirjoitus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish piirto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piirto | stroke; the core of a pirn in a weaving shuttle |
| 2 | Old High German | Berhthold | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | *Berhtawald | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | *berht | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | berhtaz | bright, shining |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | hrabnaz | raven |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Finnish kirjoitus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjoitus | The act of writing; A scripture, writing; An... |
| 2 | Finnish | kirjoittaa | to write; to spell; to take an examination in |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kirjoittadak | to embroider, to decorate with embroidery |