Where does “sirpalevaurio” come from?

sirpalevaurio (Finnish) comes from Finnish sirpale, from Finnish -le, 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.

sirpalevaurio (Finnish): shrapnel damage

Definitions

  1. shrapnel damage

Ancestry of “sirpalevaurio”, step by step

sirpalevaurio traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sirpale

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsirpaleshard, splinter, fragment, chip
2Finnish-leForms diminutive nouns
3Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
4Finnishhartiashoulder
5Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
6Greekχαρτίpaper
7Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
8Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
9Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish vaurio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvauriodamage
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης