Where does “geeniteknologia” come from?
geeniteknologia (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.
geeniteknologia (Finnish): gene technology
Definitions
- gene technology
Ancestry of “geeniteknologia”, step by step
geeniteknologia 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 teknologia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | teknologia | technology; Partitive singular form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | tekno- | techno- |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |