Where does “tuhkimotarina” come from?

tuhkimotarina (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.

tuhkimotarina (Finnish): rags to riches story

Definitions

  1. rags to riches story

Ancestry of “tuhkimotarina”, step by step

tuhkimotarina traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish tärinä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtärinätremor; Synonym of värinä
2Frenchtsarinetsarina
3GermanZarintsarina, czarina
4GermanZartsar, czar
5Russianцарьtsar, Russian emperor; king
6Old East Slavicцьсарь—
7Old East Slavicцѣсарьemperor, king
8Proto-Slaviccěsařьemperor, king
9Proto-Germanickaisarazemperor
10LatinCaesarJulius Caesar; emperor
11Latincaesariesor hair
12Proto-Indo-Europeankéysero-hair

via Finnish Tuhkimo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishTuhkimoCinderella the fairy tale and the protagonist
2Finnishtuhkaash
3Proto-Finnictuhkaash
4Proto-Germanictuskijanąto burn, be burning
5Proto-Indo-Europeandh₂uske-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European kéysero- →Every word from Latin caesaries →Every word from Latin Caesar →