Where does “desimaalipiste” come from?

desimaalipiste (Finnish) comes from Finnish piste, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

desimaalipiste (Finnish): A decimal point

Definitions

A decimal point

Ancestry of “desimaalipiste”, step by step

desimaalipiste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piste

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Finnish	piste	point, dot, full stop, period; point
2	Finnish	-e	Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
3	Finnish	hartia	shoulder
4	Serbo-Croatian	hartija	paper
5	Greek	χαρτί	paper
6	Koine Greek	χαρτίον	paper, papyrus
7	Ancient Greek	χάρτης	sheet of paper, paper; book
8	Ancient Greek	χαράσσω	to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
9	Proto-Indo-European	ǵʰer-	to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

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

Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer- →Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσω →Every word from Ancient Greek χάρτης →