Where does “imaginaariyksikkö” come from?

imaginaariyksikkö (Finnish) comes from Finnish imaginäärinen, from French imaginaire, from Latin imāginārius, from Latin imāgō, from Proto-Italic imā, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- — to copy, imitate.

imaginaariyksikkö (Finnish): imaginary unit

Definitions

  1. imaginary unit

Ancestry of “imaginaariyksikkö”, step by step

imaginaariyksikkö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish imaginäärinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishimaginäärinenimaginary
2Frenchimaginairefanciful, imaginary
3Latinimāgināriusimage
4Latinimāgōimage, imitation, likeness, statue, representation
5Proto-Italicimācopy
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eym-to copy, imitate

via Finnish yksikkö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishyksikköunit; singular; single
2Finnish-kköFront vowel variant of -kko
3Proto-Finnic-kkoiForms diminutive nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eym- →Every word from Proto-Italic imā →Every word from Latin imāgō →