Where does “viistekulma” come from?

viistekulma (Finnish) comes from Finnish viiste, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

viistekulma (Finnish): bevel angle

Definitions

  1. bevel angle

Ancestry of “viistekulma”, step by step

viistekulma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish viiste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishviistebevel, chamfer, bezel, facet
2Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
3Finnishhartiashoulder
4Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
5Greekχαρτίpaper
6Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
7Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
8Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish kuľma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkuľmacorner external point where two converging lines meet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης