Where does “porsaskarsina” come from?
porsaskarsina (Finnish) comes from Finnish karsina, from Proto-Finnic karcina, from Proto-Finnic kartina, from Russian карти́на, from Italian cartina, from Italian -ina, from Interlingua -ina, from Latin -ina — adjectival suffix.
porsaskarsina (Finnish): pigpen
Definitions
- pigpen
Ancestry of “porsaskarsina”, step by step
porsaskarsina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish karsina
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | karsina | pen, fold; Essive plural form of karsi |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | karcina | pen |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kartina | — |
| 4 | Russian | карти́на | picture (representation of visible reality produced by drawing, etc.) |
| 5 | Italian | cartina | A map or a small map; A cigarette paper, rolling... |
| 6 | Italian | -ina | Alterative suffix used to form diminutives of... |
| 7 | Interlingua | -ina | forms nouns from nouns, denoting a technical term for a substance; container |
| 8 | Latin | -ina | nominative feminine singular of -īnus; nominative... |
| 9 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |
via Finnish porsas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | porsas | A piglet; Pork; A pig in the sense of messy,... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | porcas | piglet |
| 3 | Romanian | porc | pig (mammal of genus Sus), hog, swine |
| 4 | Latin | porcus | a piglet, a young pig; a pig, hog; Short for... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | porkos | pig |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | pórḱos | piglet |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |