Where does “poikittaisliikenne” come from?
poikittaisliikenne (Finnish) comes from Finnish liikenne, from Finnish -nne, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
poikittaisliikenne (Finnish): cross traffic, transverse traffic
Definitions
- cross traffic, transverse traffic
Ancestry of “poikittaisliikenne”, step by step
poikittaisliikenne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liikenne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liikenne | traffic; a trip taken somewhere else |
| 2 | Finnish | -nne | The possessive suffix for 2nd person plural, used... |
| 3 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 4 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 6 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 7 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish poikittainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | poikittainen | transverse, traverse; abeam |
| 2 | Finnish | poikittain | crosswise, diagonally, obliquely; abeam |
| 3 | Finnish | poikki | broken into two or more pieces; off; exhausted,... |
| 4 | Finnish | poikitse | (Scattered/strewn) here and there, all over (the place), (all) spread out |
| 5 | Finnish | itse | oneself; used to emphasize the person of the head... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | icek | self |
| 7 | Hebrew | יצחק | to laugh |