Where does “iskemäkeskeispiste” come from?

iskemäkeskeispiste (Finnish) comes from Finnish keskeispiste, from Finnish piste, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

iskemäkeskeispiste (Finnish): mean point of impact

Definitions

  1. mean point of impact

Ancestry of “iskemäkeskeispiste”, step by step

iskemäkeskeispiste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keskeispiste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskeispiste
2Finnishpistepoint, dot, full stop, period; point
3Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
4Finnishhartiashoulder
5Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
6Greekχαρτίpaper
7Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
8Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
9Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish iskemä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishiskemäimpact or impacting of a projectile
2Finnishiskeäto strike, hit; to attack; to crack down
3Proto-Finniciskedäkto hit, to strike; to attack
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης