Where does “fluorisälpä” come from?
fluorisälpä (Finnish) comes from Finnish fluori, from Swedish fluor, from Latin fluor, from Latin -or, from Proto-Italic -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -ōs, from Proto-Indo-European -oss, from Proto-Indo-European -os — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
fluorisälpä (Finnish): fluorite, fluorspar
Definitions
- fluorite, fluorspar
Ancestry of “fluorisälpä”, step by step
fluorisälpä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish fluori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | fluori | fluorine |
| 2 | Swedish | fluor | fluorine |
| 3 | Latin | fluor | flow |
| 4 | Latin | -or | used to form a third-declension masculine... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -ōs | Creates masculine action nouns or result nouns... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ōs | Creates masculine and feminine action nouns or... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -oss | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |