Where does “silkkisametti” come from?

silkkisametti (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.

silkkisametti (Finnish): silk velvet, silk satin

Definitions

  1. silk velvet, silk satin

Ancestry of “silkkisametti”, step by step

silkkisametti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish silkki

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsilkkisilk
2Old Swedishsilke
3Old Norsesilkisilk
4LatinsēricumChinese goods, but especially silk
5Englishserigrapha silkscreen print made by serigraphy; an...
6LatinsericumChinese goods, but especially silk
7LatinsericusOf or pertaining to the Seres or the Chinese;...
8Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
9Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
10Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
11Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

via Finnish sametti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsamettivelvet
2Swedishsammetvelvet
3Middle Low Germansammet
4Old Frenchsamitsamite
5Latinsamitum
6Ancient Greekἑξάμιτον
7Ancient Greekἕξsix
8Proto-Hellenichwékscardinal...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanswéḱssix
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos
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