Etymology Explorer › Finnish

Where does “biomassa” come from?

biomassa (Finnish) comes from Finnish massa, from Swedish mässa, from Old Norse messa, from Latin missa, from Latin missum, from Latin mittō, from Proto-Italic meitō, from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- — to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...

biomassa (Finnish): biomass

Definitions

  1. biomass

Ancestry of “biomassa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmassamass; bulk; paste
2Swedishmässaa mass; an exhibition, an expo; to mass, to...
3Old Norsemessamass, church service; to say mass
4LatinmissaMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative...
5Latinmissumaccusative supine of mittō; inflection of...
6Latinmittō—
7Proto-Italicmeitō—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meyth₂- →