Where does “värikontrasti” come from?
värikontrasti (Finnish) comes from Finnish väri, from Swedish färg, from Old Swedish færgha, from Middle Low German verwe, from Old Saxon farwi, from Proto-West Germanic faru, from Proto-Germanic farwō, from Proto-Indo-European perḱ- — passed , crossed.
värikontrasti (Finnish): color contrast
Definitions
- color contrast
Ancestry of “värikontrasti”, step by step
värikontrasti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish väri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | väri | color; flush |
| 2 | Swedish | färg | color; the spectral composition of visible light;... |
| 3 | Old Swedish | færgha | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | verwe | Alternative form of varwe; color, paint |
| 5 | Old Saxon | farwi | colour |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | faru | color; appearance; journey |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | farwō | colour |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | perḱ- | colored; motley; to open, rip up |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Finnish kontrasti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kontrasti | contrast |
| 2 | French | contraste | contrast; first-person singular present... |
| 3 | Middle French | contraste | — |
| 4 | Italian | contrasto | obstacle, hindrance; quarrel, argument, dispute;... |
| 5 | Italian | contrastare | to oppose, to impede, to hinder; to quarrel, to... |
| 6 | Latin | contrāstāre | — |
| 7 | Latin | contrā | against |
| 8 | Latin | ubī | where? in what place?, in which place? |
| 9 | Latin | cubī | — |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *kʷuðei | where |