Where does “läpäisemättömyys” come from?
läpäisemättömyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish läpäisemätön, from Finnish läpäistä, from Finnish läpi, from Tagalog lapi, from Spanish lápiz, from Italian lapis, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets — stone.
läpäisemättömyys (Finnish): impermeability, imperviousness
Definitions
- impermeability, imperviousness
Ancestry of “läpäisemättömyys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | läpäisemätön | impermeable, impervious |
| 2 | Finnish | läpäistä | to pierce, penetrate; to make a hole; to hole |
| 3 | Finnish | läpi | hole window, shutter, door; mouth, hole; through |
| 4 | Tagalog | lapi | joining or attaching a part to a whole; affix |
| 5 | Spanish | lápiz | pencil |
| 6 | Italian | lapis | pencil; sanguine |
| 7 | Latin | lapis | a stone; a milestone; a boundary stone |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *lapets | stone |