Where does “proosakirjallisuus” come from?
proosakirjallisuus (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.
proosakirjallisuus (Finnish): prose literature
Definitions
- prose literature
Ancestry of “proosakirjallisuus”, step by step
proosakirjallisuus 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 kirjallisuus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kirjallisuus | literature |
| 2 | Finnish | kirjallinen | written; literary |
| 3 | Finnish | -llinen | Forms adjectives that indicate time; Forms... |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |