Where does “horisontti” come from?
horisontti (Finnish) comes from Swedish horisont, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων, from Ancient Greek ὅρος, from Proto-Hellenic wórwos, from Proto-Indo-European werw-.
horisontti (Finnish): horizon
Ancestry of “horisontti”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Swedish | horisont | horizon |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὁρίζων | horizon |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὅρος | boundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | wórwos | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | werw- | — |