Where does “läpinäkyvä” come from?

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

läpinäkyvä (Finnish): transparent, see-through

Definitions

  1. transparent, see-through

Ancestry of “läpinäkyvä”, step by step

läpinäkyvä 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 näkyvä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäkyvävisible; Present active participle of näkyä
2FinnishnäkyäTo be visible, be seen, show; To be...
3Proto-Finnicnäküdäkto be visible, to be seen

Words derived from “läpinäkyvä”

Every word from Proto-Italic *lapets →Every word from Latin lapis →Every word from Italian lapis →