Where does “horisonttijärjestelmä” come from?
horisonttijärjestelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish horisontti, from Swedish horisont, from Ancient Greek ὁρίζων, from Ancient Greek ὅρος, from Proto-Hellenic wórwos, from Proto-Indo-European werw-.
horisonttijärjestelmä (Finnish): horizontal coordinate system
Definitions
- horizontal coordinate system
Ancestry of “horisonttijärjestelmä”, step by step
horisonttijärjestelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish horisontti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | horisontti | horizon |
| 2 | Swedish | horisont | horizon |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὁρίζων | horizon |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὅρος | boundary, limit, frontier, landmark; marking... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | wórwos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | werw- | — |
via Finnish järjestelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | järjestelmä | system |
| 2 | Finnish | järjestää | to arrange; to organize |
| 3 | Finnish | järki | reason; sense |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | järki | row; order, condition |