Where does “kvanttisuhde” come from?

kvanttisuhde (Finnish) comes from Finnish suhde, from Finnish suhta — ratio, proportion.

kvanttisuhde (Finnish): quantum yield

Definitions

  1. quantum yield

Ancestry of “kvanttisuhde”, step by step

kvanttisuhde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suhde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuhdeproportion, ratio; relationship, affair; attitude
2Finnishsuhtaratio, proportion

via Finnish kvantti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkvanttiquantum
Every word from Finnish suhta →Every word from Finnish suhde →