Where does “rantakurvi” come from?
rantakurvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kurvi, from Swedish kurva, from Latin curva, from Latin curvus, from Proto-Italic korwos, from Proto-Indo-European ḱorh₂wós, from Proto-Indo-European ḱer-, from Proto-Indo-European kr̥- — army.
rantakurvi (Finnish): Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus
Definitions
- Terek sandpiper, Xenus cinereus
Ancestry of “rantakurvi”, step by step
rantakurvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kurvi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kurvi | curve |
| 2 | Swedish | kurva | curve, arc; a bend of a road |
| 3 | Latin | curva | nominative feminine singular of curvus;... |
| 4 | Latin | curvus | bent, crooked, curved |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | korwos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱorh₂wós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱer- | to grow, to make grow, to nourish; to plait,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | kr̥- | to turn, to bend |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ker- | army |
via Finnish Ranta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Ranta | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 2 | Finnish | ranta | shore; beach; bank |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | ranta | shore, coast |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | strandō | edge; rim; shore, strand |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)trAnt- | strand, border, field |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |