Where does “jähmepiste” come from?
jähmepiste (Finnish) comes from Finnish piste, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
jähmepiste (Finnish): gel point temperature below which a liquid fuel freezes solid and can no longer flow by gravity or be pumped through fuel lines
Definitions
- gel point temperature below which a liquid fuel freezes solid and can no longer flow by gravity or be pumped through fuel lines
Ancestry of “jähmepiste”, step by step
jähmepiste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish piste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piste | point, dot, full stop, period; point |
| 2 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 3 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 5 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 6 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish jähmeä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | jähmeä | stiff, inert, sluggish; formal; used of... |