Where does “taidekeramiikka” come from?
taidekeramiikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish keramiikka, from Ancient Greek κεραμικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
taidekeramiikka (Finnish): artistic pottery, artistic ceramics
Definitions
- artistic pottery, artistic ceramics
Ancestry of “taidekeramiikka”, step by step
taidekeramiikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish keramiikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keramiikka | ceramic; ceramics |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κεραμικός | of clay; potter's |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |