Where does “rasvaliitupiirros” come from?

rasvaliitupiirros (Finnish) comes from Finnish rasvaliitu, from Finnish liitu, from Swedish klita, from Middle Low German krite, from Latin Crēta, from Latin -āceus, from Latin -āx, from Latin -ium — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

rasvaliitupiirros (Finnish): oil pastel drawing

Definitions

  1. oil pastel drawing

Ancestry of “rasvaliitupiirros”, step by step

rasvaliitupiirros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish rasvaliitu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishrasvaliituoil pastel, wax oil crayon
2Finnishliituchalk
3Swedishklitachalk
4Middle Low Germankrite
5LatinCrētachalk
6Latin-āceusaceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to
7Latin-āxish, -y
8Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
9Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
10Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
11Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Finnish piirros

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpiirrosdrawing, sketch
2Finnishpiirtääto draw, sketch; to design, draft; to outline,...
3Finnishpiiriring of people; administrative district, region;...
4Proto-Finnicpiiriline; border; ring, circle
5Proto-Uralicpirecircle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Latin -iumEvery word from Latin -ius
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