Where does “krita” come from?
krita (Swedish) comes from Volapük kritan, from Volapük -än, from Volapük län, from German land, from Middle High German lant, from Old High German lant, from Proto-West Germanic land, from Proto-Germanic landą — land, heath; loins.
krita (Swedish): chalk; white powdery limestone; a piece of chalk,...
Definitions
- chalk; white powdery limestone; a piece of chalk,...
Ancestry of “krita”, step by step
krita traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Volapük kritan
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volapük | kritan | Christian |
| 2 | Volapük | -än | used as the suffix for a country, land (in its multiple senses), notional land |
| 3 | Volapük | län | country |
| 4 | German | land | country territory of a nation |
| 5 | Middle High German | lant | land; country |
| 6 | Old High German | lant | land; country |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | land | land, area of ground |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | landą | land, area of ground |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lendʰ- | land, heath; loins |
via Norwegian Kristi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian | Kristi | — |
| 2 | Norwegian | Kristine | Christina |
| 3 | Latin | Christina | — |
| 4 | Latin | Christiānus | Christian |
| 5 | Latin | Chrīstus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Χριστός | anointed; messiah; annointed, the annointed one,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χρίω | to rub or smear (especially the body) with oil or unguents; to anoint |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrēy- | to smear; to paint, streak, smear |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |
via Middle Low German krite
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle Low German | krite | — |
| 2 | Latin | Crēta | chalk |
| 3 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 4 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 5 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 6 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |