Where does “siitepölykehä” come from?
siitepölykehä (Finnish) comes from Finnish siitepöly, from Finnish siite, from Finnish siittää, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
siitepölykehä (Finnish): pollen corona
Definitions
- pollen corona
Ancestry of “siitepölykehä”, step by step
siitepölykehä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish siitepöly
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | siitepöly | pollen |
| 2 | Finnish | siite | fertilization, pollination |
| 3 | Finnish | siittää | To impregnate, inseminate, breed, conceive; To... |
| 4 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 5 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 6 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 7 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 8 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |