Where does “asiasanahaku” come from?

asiasanahaku (Finnish) comes from Finnish asiasana, from Finnish sana, from Finnish luokka, from Finnish luokki, from Proto-Slavic lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European lenk- — to bend.

asiasanahaku (Finnish): index term search, index term searching

Definitions

  1. index term search, index term searching

Ancestry of “asiasanahaku”, step by step

asiasanahaku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish asiasana

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishasiasanaindex term, descriptor, subject term, subject...
2Finnishsanaword; Word, Scripture; lesson
3Finnishluokkaclass; class, social class; grade
4Finnishluokkishaft bow
5Proto-Slaviclǫkъbow
6Proto-Balto-Slavic*lankásbow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanlenk-to bend

via Finnish haku

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhakusearch; applying, application
2FinnishhakeaTo retrieve, get, fetch; To search; To apply
3Proto-Finnichakedakto pick; to fetch; to gather, to collect
4Proto-Germanicsākija-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lenk- →