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