Where does “säälipiste” come from?
säälipiste (Finnish) comes from Finnish piste, 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.
säälipiste (Finnish): point awarded out of pity
Definitions
- point awarded out of pity
Ancestry of “säälipiste”, step by step
säälipiste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish piste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piste | point, dot, full stop, period; point |
| 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 |
via Finnish sääli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sääli | pity; mercy; what a pity |
| 2 | Swedish | salig | blessed; blissful |
| 3 | Middle Low German | sä̂lich | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | sālig | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *sālīg | — |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | sāli | happiness, prosperity; proper, appropriate time |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | saliz | house; dwelling; hall; room |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sol- | whole |