Where does “geeniperimä” come from?
geeniperimä (Finnish) comes from Finnish geeni, from German gēn, from Middle High German gēn, from Old High German gēn, from Proto-West Germanic gān, from Proto-Germanic gāną, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰengʰ- — to walk; to step.
geeniperimä (Finnish): genome
Definitions
- genome
Ancestry of “geeniperimä”, step by step
geeniperimä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish geeni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | geeni | gene |
| 2 | German | gēn | — |
| 3 | Middle High German | gēn | — |
| 4 | Old High German | gēn | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | gān | to go |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | gāną | to go, walk |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰengʰ- | to walk; to step |
via Finnish perimä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | perimä | genome; genotype; inheritance |
| 2 | Finnish | periä | to inherit; to exact, tariff, dun; Partitive... |
| 3 | Finnish | perätä | to dun, question, try to find out; especially in... |
| 4 | Finnish | perä | rear, back, tail end; stern, aft; far end or side... |
| 5 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | perä | — |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | *perä | hindquarters, back part of something |