Where does “selvityskampa” come from?
selvityskampa (Finnish) comes from Finnish kampa, from Old Swedish kamber, from Old Norse kambr, from Latin camera, from Ancient Greek καμάρα, from Proto-Iranian kamarā-, from Proto-Iranian kamárati, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kmárati — to bend, to curve.
selvityskampa (Finnish): wide tooth comb
Definitions
- wide tooth comb
Ancestry of “selvityskampa”, step by step
selvityskampa traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kampa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kampa | comb; pecten |
| 2 | Old Swedish | kamber | comb |
| 3 | Old Norse | kambr | comb |
| 4 | Latin | camera | A chamber in its various senses, "including";... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | καμάρα | Anything with an arched cover such as a covered... |
| 6 | Proto-Iranian | kamarā- | something curved |
| 7 | Proto-Iranian | kamárati | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *kmárati | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | kh₂em- | to bend, to curve |
via Finnish selvitys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | selvitys | A document covering the description and results... |
| 2 | Finnish | selvittää | to make clear, clarify; to examine, investigate,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ittaa | Variant of -ttaa used with some bisyllabic stems |
| 4 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |