Where does “asbestikangas” come from?
asbestikangas (Finnish) comes from Finnish asbesti, from Latin asbestos, from Ancient Greek ἄσβεστος, from Ancient Greek ἀ-, from Proto-Hellenic hə-, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.
asbestikangas (Finnish): asbestos cloth
Definitions
- asbestos cloth
Ancestry of “asbestikangas”, step by step
asbestikangas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish asbesti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | asbesti | asbestos |
| 2 | Latin | asbestos | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἄσβεστος | unquenchable, inextinguishable; endless,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |
via Finnish kangas
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kangas | cloth, fabric or textile; material; A soil type:... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | kangas | cloth, fabric |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | gangaz | pace, step, gait; walk; way, course |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰongʰ-o-s | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |