Where does “pistetalo” come from?
pistetalo (Finnish) comes from Finnish piste, 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.
pistetalo (Finnish): a block of flats or an apartment building with only one stairwell usually at the center of the building
Definitions
- a block of flats or an apartment building with only one stairwell usually at the center of the building
Ancestry of “pistetalo”, step by step
pistetalo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish piste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piste | point, dot, full stop, period; point |
| 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 |