Where does “shortsihame” come from?
shortsihame (Finnish) comes from Finnish Häme, from Proto-Finnic hämä, from Proto-Balto-Slavic źemē, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰðʰem-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰéǵʰōm, from Proto-Indo-European -ōm, from Proto-Indo-European -mi.
shortsihame (Finnish): culottes, skort
Definitions
- culottes, skort
Ancestry of “shortsihame”, step by step
shortsihame traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish Häme
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Häme | Tavastia, Tavastland |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | hämä | A person living in or originating from the area... |
| 3 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | źemē | earth |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰðʰem- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰéǵʰōm | earth |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōm | emphatic suffix or postpositive particle |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -mi | — |
via Finnish shortsit
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | shortsit | shorts |
| 2 | English | short | Having a small distance from one end or edge to... |
| 3 | Middle English | schort | short as opposed to being tall or long |
| 4 | Old English | sċeort | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | skurt | short; lacking, deficient |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | skurtaz | short; lacking, deficient |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)ḱer- | dung, manure, filth; manure, dung, filth |