Where does “gravitaatiokenttä” come from?

gravitaatiokenttä (Finnish) comes from Finnish gravitaatio, from New Latin gravitatio, from Latin gravis, from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European -us — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

gravitaatiokenttä (Finnish): gravitational field

Definitions

  1. gravitational field

Ancestry of “gravitaatiokenttä”, step by step

gravitaatiokenttä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish gravitaatio

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishgravitaatiogravity
2New Latingravitatiogravitation
3Latingravisheavy; troublesome, hard; grave, serious
4Proto-Indo-Europeangʷréh₂usheavy
5Proto-Indo-European-usForms adjectives from Caland system roots

via Finnish kenttä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenttäfield; A limited area where a game is played, a...
2Proto-Samickientēmeadow, field
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -us →Every word from Proto-Indo-European gʷréh₂us →Every word from Latin gravis →