Where does “rautatieliikenne” come from?
rautatieliikenne (Finnish) comes from Finnish liikenne, from Finnish -nne, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
rautatieliikenne (Finnish): rail transport, rail traffic
Definitions
- rail transport, rail traffic
Ancestry of “rautatieliikenne”, step by step
rautatieliikenne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish liikenne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | liikenne | traffic; a trip taken somewhere else |
| 2 | Finnish | -nne | The possessive suffix for 2nd person plural, used... |
| 3 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 4 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 6 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 7 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish rautatie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rautatie | railway, railroad |
| 2 | Romanian | răutate | badness, wickedness, maliciousness, malignity |
| 3 | Romanian | rău | bad; wrong; sick |
| 4 | Romanian | făcător | maker, creator; making, doing |
| 5 | Romanian | face | do, make; to be made, to be done |
| 6 | Romanian | -tor | -er; -ing |
| 7 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |