Where does “läpilyönti” come from?

läpilyönti (Finnish) comes from Finnish läpi, from Tagalog lapi, from Spanish lápiz, from Italian lapis, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets — stone.

läpilyönti (Finnish): breakdown situation where current flows through an insulator when voltage exceeds the breakdown voltage

Definitions

  1. breakdown situation where current flows through an insulator when voltage exceeds the breakdown voltage

Ancestry of “läpilyönti”, step by step

läpilyönti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish läpi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishläpihole window, shutter, door; mouth, hole; through
2Tagaloglapijoining or attaching a part to a whole; affix
3Spanishlápizpencil
4Italianlapispencil; sanguine
5Latinlapisa stone; a milestone; a boundary stone
6Proto-Italic*lapetsstone

via Finnish lyönti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishlyöntiA hit
2Finnish-ntiForm action nouns from verbs whose first...
3Finnish-ntaForms nouns that describe an action; "erota...
4Proto-Finnic-ntaForms action nouns from verbs

Words derived from “läpilyönti

Every word from Proto-Italic *lapets
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