Where does “suolamuikku” come from?
suolamuikku (Finnish) comes from Finnish muikku, from Finnish muja-, from Finnish muje, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
suolamuikku (Finnish): salted vendace
Definitions
- salted vendace
Ancestry of “suolamuikku”, step by step
suolamuikku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish muikku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | muikku | vendace, "Coregonus albula"; Used also of some... |
| 2 | Finnish | muja- | — |
| 3 | Finnish | muje | vendace |
| 4 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 5 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 6 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 7 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 8 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |