Where does “hopanoid” come from?

hopanoid (English) comes from Finnish hopea, from Proto-Finnic hopeda, from Proto-Germanic samftijaz.

hopanoid (English): Any of a class of pentacyclic compounds, somewhat...

Definitions

  1. Any of a class of pentacyclic compounds, somewhat...

Ancestry of “hopanoid”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhopeasilver
2Proto-Finnichopedasilver; soft
3Proto-Germanicsamftijaz—

Words derived from “hopanoid”

Every word from Proto-Germanic samftijaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic hopeda →Every word from Finnish hopea →