Where does “kohdistuspiste” come from?

kohdistuspiste (Finnish) comes from Finnish piste, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

kohdistuspiste (Finnish): hotspot, focal point, point of application

Definitions

  1. hotspot, focal point, point of application

Ancestry of “kohdistuspiste”, step by step

kohdistuspiste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpistepoint, dot, full stop, period; point
2Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
3Finnishhartiashoulder
4Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
5Greekχαρτίpaper
6Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
7Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
8Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish kohdistus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkohdistusfocusing
2Finnishkohdistaato focus; to target; to allocate
3Finnishkohtapresently, soon; place, location, spot; A...
4Proto-Finnickoktaplace, location, spot
5Proto-Uralickoptaplace
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης
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