Where does “tarinankertoja” come from?
tarinankertoja (Finnish) comes from Finnish tärinä, from French tsarine, from German Zarin, from German Zar, from Russian царь, from Old East Slavic цьсарь, from Old East Slavic цѣсарь, from Proto-Slavic cěsařь — hair.
tarinankertoja (Finnish): storyteller
Definitions
- storyteller
Ancestry of “tarinankertoja”, step by step
tarinankertoja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tärinä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tärinä | tremor; Synonym of värinä |
| 2 | French | tsarine | tsarina |
| 3 | German | Zarin | tsarina, czarina |
| 4 | German | Zar | tsar, czar |
| 5 | Russian | царь | tsar, Russian emperor; king |
| 6 | Old East Slavic | цьсарь | — |
| 7 | Old East Slavic | цѣсарь | emperor, king |
| 8 | Proto-Slavic | cěsařь | emperor, king |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | kaisaraz | emperor |
| 10 | Latin | Caesar | Julius Caesar; emperor |
| 11 | Latin | caesaries | or hair |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | kéysero- | hair |
via Finnish kertoja
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kertoja | narrator; storyteller; multiplier |
| 2 | Finnish | kertoa | to tell; to multiply; to have it |
| 3 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |