Where does “silkkipaino” come from?
silkkipaino (Finnish) comes from Finnish silkki, from Old Swedish silke, from Old Norse silki, from Latin sēricum, from English serigraph, from Latin sericum, from Latin sericus, from Latin -icus — -y, -ic.
silkkipaino (Finnish): screen printing, serigraphy, silk-screen printing printing technique
Definitions
- screen printing, serigraphy, silk-screen printing printing technique
Ancestry of “silkkipaino”, step by step
silkkipaino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish silkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | silkki | silk |
| 2 | Old Swedish | silke | — |
| 3 | Old Norse | silki | silk |
| 4 | Latin | sēricum | Chinese goods, but especially silk |
| 5 | English | serigraph | a silkscreen print made by serigraphy; an... |
| 6 | Latin | sericum | Chinese goods, but especially silk |
| 7 | Latin | sericus | Of or pertaining to the Seres or the Chinese;... |
| 8 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |