Where does “romutaide” come from?
romutaide (Finnish) comes from Finnish taide, from Finnish taitaa, from Proto-Finnic taitadak, from Proto-Finnic taje-.
romutaide (Finnish): trash art
Ancestry of “romutaide”, step by step
romutaide traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish taide
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | taide | art |
| 2 | Finnish | taitaa | to know, master, command, have a command of, have... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | taitadak | to know |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | taje- | — |
via Finnish romu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | romu | scrap, junk, especially one that consists of... |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |