Where does “rinnemetsä” come from?
rinnemetsä (Finnish) comes from Finnish rinne, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
rinnemetsä (Finnish): sloped forest
Definitions
- sloped forest
Ancestry of “rinnemetsä”, step by step
rinnemetsä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rinne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rinne | A slope, hillside; A piste |
| 2 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 3 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 5 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 6 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |