Where does “sedimenttikerros” come from?
sedimenttikerros (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.
sedimenttikerros (Finnish): sediment layer
Definitions
- sediment layer
Ancestry of “sedimenttikerros”, step by step
sedimenttikerros 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 |
via Finnish sedimentti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sedimentti | sediment |
| 2 | Latin | sedimentum | A settling, sinking down, subsidence |
| 3 | Latin | -mentum | instrument, medium, or result of; e.g.... |
| 4 | Latin | -menta | nominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -mn̥ | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs |