Where does “kalsiumkanava” come from?
kalsiumkanava (Finnish) comes from Finnish kanava, from Russian кана́ва, from Polish kanał, from Italian canale, from Latin canālis, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα, from Akkadian 𒄀 — reed; a certain unit of length.
kalsiumkanava (Finnish): calcium channel
Definitions
- calcium channel
Ancestry of “kalsiumkanava”, step by step
kalsiumkanava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish kanava
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kanava | canal; channel; duct |
| 2 | Russian | кана́ва | ditch, gutter, drain, trench |
| 3 | Polish | kanał | channel, canal; feed |
| 4 | Italian | canale | channel; canal; conduit |
| 5 | Latin | canālis | a pipe, spout, channel, conduit |
| 6 | Latin | canna | A reed, cane; Anything made of reed or cane;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | κάννα | giant reed; reed mat |
| 8 | Akkadian | 𒄀 | reed; a certain unit of length |
| 9 | Sumerian | 𒄀 | reed; a certain unit of length |
via Finnish kalsium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kalsium | calcium |
| 2 | English | calcium | The chemical element (symbol Ca) with atomic number 20: a soft, silvery-white alkaline earth metal which occurs naturally as carbonate in limestone and as silicate in many rocks |
| 3 | English | -ium | 1997, Bryan Pfaffenberger, "Official Microsoft... |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |