Where does “käänteisluku” come from?
käänteisluku (Finnish) comes from Finnish luku, from Proto-Finnic luku, from Proto-Finnic lukedak, from Proto-Uralic luke-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
käänteisluku (Finnish): reciprocal, multiplicative inverse
Definitions
- reciprocal, multiplicative inverse
Ancestry of “käänteisluku”, step by step
käänteisluku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish luku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | luku | number, count, quantity; chapter; reading |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | luku | number, quantity |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | lukedak | to count; to read ? |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | luke- | to count |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Finnish käänteinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | käänteinen | inverse; converse |
| 2 | Finnish | kääntää | to turn; "~ ympäri": to tip, turn over, upend; to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kantadak | to carry |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kanta- | to carry, to transport |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |