Where does “rannekanava” come from?
rannekanava (Finnish) comes from Finnish kanava, from Russian кана́ва, from Polish kanał, from Italian canale, from Latin canālis, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα, from Akkadian 𒄀 — reed; a certain unit of length.
rannekanava (Finnish): carpal tunnel
Definitions
- carpal tunnel
Ancestry of “rannekanava”, step by step
rannekanava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kanava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kanava | canal; channel; duct |
| 2 | Russian | кана́ва | ditch, gutter, drain, trench |
| 3 | Polish | kanał | channel, canal; feed |
| 4 | Italian | canale | channel; canal; conduit |
| 5 | Latin | canālis | a pipe, spout, channel, conduit |
| 6 | Latin | canna | A reed, cane; Anything made of reed or cane;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κάννα | giant reed; reed mat |
| 8 | Akkadian | 𒄀 | reed; a certain unit of length |
| 9 | Sumerian | 𒄀 | reed; a certain unit of length |
via Finnish ranne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ranne | wrist |
| 2 | Finnish | Ranta | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 3 | Finnish | ranta | shore; beach; bank |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | ranta | shore, coast |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | strandō | edge; rim; shore, strand |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)trAnt- | strand, border, field |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |