Where does “kahtaisioni” come from?

kahtaisioni (Finnish) comes from Finnish ioni, from English Ion, from Romanian Ion, from French ion, from English ion, from English anion, from Ancient Greek ἀνιόν, from Ancient Greek ἄνειμι — up, upon.

kahtaisioni (Finnish): zwitterion

Definitions

  1. zwitterion

Ancestry of “kahtaisioni”, step by step

kahtaisioni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ioni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishioniAn ion
2EnglishIonSon of Creusa and Xuthus, and the ancestor of Ionian people
3RomanianIonJohn
4Frenchionion
5EnglishionAn atom or group of atoms bearing an electrical...
6EnglishanionA negatively charged ion
7Ancient Greekἀνιόνgoing up
8Ancient Greekἄνειμιgo up
9Ancient Greekἀνάon board; on, upon
10Proto-Hellenic*anáup, upon

via Finnish kahtainen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkahtainendual, double, twofold
2Finnishkahtaallain two directions or places
3Finnishallabeneath, underneath, below; under, underneath;...
4Proto-Finnicallaunder
5Proto-Uralic-naat, in
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *aná