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Where does “silki” come from?

silki (Northern Sami) comes from Old Norse silki, from Latin sēricum, from English serigraph, from Latin sericum, from Latin sericus, from Latin -icus, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός — -y, -ic.

silki (Northern Sami): silk

Definitions

  1. silk

Ancestry of “silki”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Norsesilkisilk
2Latinsēricum—
3Englishserigrapha silkscreen print made by serigraphy; an...
4LatinsericumChinese goods, but especially silk
5LatinsericusOf or pertaining to the Seres or the Chinese;...
6Latin-icusbelonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;...
7Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
8Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
9Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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