Where does “proosakirjailija” come from?
proosakirjailija (Finnish) comes from Finnish proosa, from Latin prōsa, from Latin prorsus, from Latin prō, from Latin ratus, from Latin rēōr, from Proto-Italic rēōr, from Proto-Indo-European h₂reh₁- — to fit, to fix, to put together.
proosakirjailija (Finnish): prosaist
Definitions
- prosaist
Ancestry of “proosakirjailija”, step by step
proosakirjailija traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish proosa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | proosa | prose |
| 2 | Latin | prōsa | prose |
| 3 | Latin | prorsus | straightforward, right onwards, straight, direct;... |
| 4 | Latin | prō | for |
| 5 | Latin | ratus | considered, having been considered; established,... |
| 6 | Latin | rēōr | to reckon, calculate |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | rēōr | to reckon, to calculate; to think, to deem, to... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Finnish kirjailija
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjailija | author, writer |
| 2 | Finnish | kirjailla | to embroider; to write a book or books |
| 3 | Finnish | kirjata | to book, log, register; to register |
| 4 | Finnish | kirja | book; quire |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | kirja | decoration, carving, pattern |