Where does “fosfoenolipalorypälehappo” come from?

fosfoenolipalorypälehappo (Finnish) comes from Finnish palorypälehappo, from Finnish rypäle, from Finnish -le, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

fosfoenolipalorypälehappo (Finnish): phosphoenolpyruvic acid

Definitions

  1. phosphoenolpyruvic acid

Ancestry of “fosfoenolipalorypälehappo”, step by step

fosfoenolipalorypälehappo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish palorypälehappo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpalorypälehappopyruvic acid
2Finnishrypälegrape; cluster
3Finnish-leForms diminutive nouns
4Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
5Finnishhartiashoulder
6Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
7Greekχαρτίpaper
8Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
9Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
10Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
11Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish fosfoenoli

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishfosfoenoli
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης