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Where does “hiiliajoitus” come from?

hiiliajoitus (Finnish) comes from Finnish ajoitus, from Finnish ajoittaa, from Finnish aika, from Finnish -isin, from Hungarian isi, from Hungarian -i, from Hungarian -é, from Albanian -ë — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

hiiliajoitus (Finnish): carbon dating

Definitions

  1. carbon dating

Ancestry of “hiiliajoitus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishajoitustiming; dating
2FinnishajoittaaTo time; To date
3Finnishaikatime; time, moment; appointment
4Finnish-isinThe case suffix denoting temporal distributive;...
5Hungarianisischool
6Hungarian-iAdded to a proper noun, noun or postposition to...
7Hungarian-éUsed to form the lative, expressing the direction...
8Albanian-ë-ing, -ion
9Proto-West Germanic-jā—
10Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
11Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ →