Where does “taidekutoja” come from?
taidekutoja (Finnish) comes from Finnish kutoja, from Finnish kutoa, 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.
taidekutoja (Finnish): artistic weaver, art weaver one who weaves fabrics or garments with artistic patterns
Definitions
- artistic weaver, art weaver one who weaves fabrics or garments with artistic patterns
Ancestry of “taidekutoja”, step by step
taidekutoja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kutoja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kutoja | weaver |
| 2 | Finnish | kutoa | to weave; to knit |
| 3 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 4 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 5 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 6 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 7 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |