Where does “punainen kortti” come from?
punainen kortti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kortti, from Swedish kort, from Middle Low German kort, from Old Saxon kurt, from Proto-West Germanic kurt, from Latin curtus, from Proto-Indo-European (s)ḱer- — dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth.
punainen kortti (Finnish): red card
Ancestry of “punainen kortti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | kortti | card; licence, permit; Short for pelikortti |
| 2 | Swedish | kort | short; a card; a piece of stiff paper or plastic;... |
| 3 | Middle Low German | kort | short |
| 4 | Old Saxon | kurt | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | kurt | short |
| 6 | Latin | curtus | shortened, short; mutilated, broken, incomplete |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |