Where does “läksynluku” come from?
läksynluku (Finnish) comes from Finnish läksy, from Swedish läxa, from Middle Low German lexe, from Old Saxon lekzia, from Latin lēctiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Ancestry of “läksynluku”, step by step
läksynluku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish läksy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | läksy | homework school exercise set by a teacher often used in the plural, especially as an object with verbs |
| 2 | Swedish | läxa | homework; lesson |
| 3 | Middle Low German | lexe | — |
| 4 | Old Saxon | lekzia | — |
| 5 | Latin | lēctiō | A picking, selecting |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |