Where does “koepala” come from?
koepala (Finnish) comes from Finnish koe, from Finnish kokea, from Proto-Finnic kokedak, from Proto-Uralic koke-, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ekʷ- — to see; eye.
koepala (Finnish): tissue sample, cell sample
Definitions
- tissue sample, cell sample
Ancestry of “koepala”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | koe | experiment; trial, test; examination, test, exam |
| 2 | Finnish | kokea | to experience, undergo; to suffer; ~ verkko = to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kokedak | |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | koke- | see |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ekʷ- | to see; eye |