Where does “kääpiöplaneetta” come from?
kääpiöplaneetta (Finnish) comes from Finnish planeetta, from Latin planēta, from Ancient Greek πλανήτης, from Ancient Greek -τής, from Ancient Greek πεῖρα, from Proto-Indo-European per-, from Proto-Indo-European pr̥tós — passed , crossed.
kääpiöplaneetta (Finnish): dwarf planet
Definitions
- dwarf planet
Ancestry of “kääpiöplaneetta”, step by step
kääpiöplaneetta traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish planeetta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | planeetta | planet |
| 2 | Latin | planēta | planet (wandering star) |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πλανήτης | wanderer, vagabond; planet; a fever that comes in... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | πεῖρα | trial, experiment, attempt |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Finnish kääpiö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kääpiö | midget, dwarf; dwarf star, dwarf |
| 2 | Finnish | -io | Forms nouns from verbs or verbal stems; Forms... |
| 3 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via English dwarf planet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dwarf planet | A planetary (world-like) body of the Solar system, that directly orbits the Sun like the classical planets but does not gravitationally dominate other bodies in the region of its orbit |