Where does “sirpaloitua” come from?

sirpaloitua (Finnish) comes from Finnish sirpaloida, from Finnish sirpale, from Finnish -le, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

sirpaloitua (Finnish): to fragment, to break apart

Definitions

  1. to fragment, to break apart

Ancestry of “sirpaloitua”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsirpaloidato fragment, make fragmented often figuratively
2Finnishsirpaleshard, splinter, fragment, chip
3Finnish-leForms diminutive nouns
4Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
5Finnishhartiashoulder
6Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
7Greekχαρτίpaper
8Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
9Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
10Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer- →Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσω →Every word from Ancient Greek χάρτης →