Where does “läpäisykerroin” come from?
läpäisykerroin (Finnish) comes from Finnish läpäisy, from Finnish läpäistä, from Finnish läpi, from Tagalog lapi, from Spanish lápiz, from Italian lapis, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets — stone.
läpäisykerroin (Finnish): transmittance coefficient, transmission coefficient
Definitions
- transmittance coefficient, transmission coefficient
Ancestry of “läpäisykerroin”, step by step
läpäisykerroin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish läpäisy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | läpäisy | piercing, penetrating, making a hole |
| 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 |
via Finnish kerroin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kerroin | coefficient, factor; index; multiplier |
| 2 | Finnish | kertoa | to tell; to multiply; to have it |
| 3 | Finnish | kerta | time, occasion; time; times; also once, when the... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | kerta | time |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | kert- | times; to weave, twist together; time |
| 6 | Proto-Turkic | *keŕ- | to travel, tour |