Where does “desimaalipilkku” come from?
desimaalipilkku (Finnish) comes from Finnish pilkku, from Finnish pilkka, from Proto-Finnic pilkka, from Proto-Germanic blikkaz, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleyg-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰōl-.
desimaalipilkku (Finnish): decimal point
Definitions
- decimal point
Ancestry of “desimaalipilkku”, step by step
desimaalipilkku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pilkku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pilkku | comma; dot; spot, dot |
| 2 | Finnish | pilkka | jeer, mock, ridicule, jest; bullseye; a mark... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | pilkka | — |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | blikkaz | shine, appearance, look; metal |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleyg- | to shine |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |
via Finnish desimaali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | desimaali | A decimal place or informally, a decimal |
| 2 | Medieval Latin | decimalis | — |
| 3 | Latin | Decimus | originally used for a tenth-born son |
| 4 | Latin | decem | ten; 10 |
| 5 | Latin | -nus | -an |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -nos | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -nós | Creates verbal adjectives from roots |