Where does “routakerros” come from?
routakerros (Finnish) comes from Finnish kerros, from Finnish kerrata, from Finnish kerta, from Proto-Finnic kerta, from Proto-Indo-European kert-, from Proto-Turkic *keŕ- — to travel, tour.
routakerros (Finnish): layer of ground frost, frost layer
Definitions
- layer of ground frost, frost layer
Ancestry of “routakerros”, step by step
routakerros traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kerros
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerros | floor, storey; layer; Second-person singular... |
| 2 | Finnish | kerrata | To repeat or reread |
| 3 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |