Where does “läpäisykyky” come from?
läpäisykyky (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.
läpäisykyky (Finnish): transmittance, transmission (rate)
Definitions
- transmittance, transmission (rate)
Ancestry of “läpäisykyky”, step by step
läpäisykyky 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 kyky
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kyky | ability, capacity, capability; a capable person,... |
| 2 | Finnish | kyetä | To be able to, be capable of, can, be competent... |
| 3 | Finnish | -etä | Front vowel variant of -eta |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ak | Forms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |