Where does “sivistyssanakirja” come from?

sivistyssanakirja (Finnish) comes from Finnish sanakirja, from Swedish ordbok, from Swedish ord, from Old Swedish orþ, from Old Norse orð, from Proto-Germanic wurdą, from Proto-Indo-European werdʰo-, from Proto-Indo-European werh₁- — to speak, say.

sivistyssanakirja (Finnish): dictionary of learned borrowings or clearly foreign words (such as scientific vocabulary)

Definitions

  1. dictionary of learned borrowings or clearly foreign words (such as scientific vocabulary)

Ancestry of “sivistyssanakirja”, step by step

sivistyssanakirja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish sanakirja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsanakirjadictionary
2Swedishordboka dictionary
3Swedishordword; A distinct unit of language with a...
4Old Swedishorþword
5Old Norseorðword
6Proto-Germanicwurdąword
7Proto-Indo-Europeanwerdʰo-word
8Proto-Indo-Europeanwerh₁-to speak, say

via Finnish sivistys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsivistyslearning, scholarship, sophistication, erudition,...
2Finnishsivistääto civilize
3Finnishsiveächaste; modest
4Proto-Finno-Ugricśiwa
Every word from Proto-Indo-European werh₁-