Where does “alkuräjähdysteoria” come from?
alkuräjähdysteoria (Finnish) comes from Finnish teoria, from Late Latin theoria, from Ancient Greek θεωρός, from Ancient Greek θέα, from Proto-Hellenic *tʰáwā.
alkuräjähdysteoria (Finnish): big bang theory prevailing cosmological model that describes how the universe expanded from an initial state of high density and temperature
Definitions
- big bang theory prevailing cosmological model that describes how the universe expanded from an initial state of high density and temperature
Ancestry of “alkuräjähdysteoria”, step by step
alkuräjähdysteoria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish teoria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | teoria | theory |
| 2 | Late Latin | theoria | contemplation, speculation; speculation, theory |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | θεωρός | spectator; envoy sent to consult an oracle |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | θέα | view, sight |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *tʰáwā | — |
via Finnish alkuräjähdys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alkuräjähdys | Big Bang; big bang |
| 2 | Finnish | alku | start, beginning, inception, incipience; first,... |
| 3 | Finnish | alkaa | to begin, start, initiate, set in, be initiated, originate, be originated, take its origin |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | alkadak | to begin, to start |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | alka- | beginning |