Where does “läksyttäminen” come from?
läksyttäminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish läksyttää, from Finnish läksy, from Swedish läxa, from Middle Low German lexe, from Old Saxon lekzia, from Latin lēctiō, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Ancestry of “läksyttäminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | läksyttää | to scold, berate, lecture, lambaste |
| 2 | Finnish | läksy | homework school exercise set by a teacher often used in the plural, especially as an object with verbs |
| 3 | Swedish | läxa | homework; lesson |
| 4 | Middle Low German | lexe | — |
| 5 | Old Saxon | lekzia | — |
| 6 | Latin | lēctiō | A picking, selecting |
| 7 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 8 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 9 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 10 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 11 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 12 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 13 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 14 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |