Where does “laakiobasaltti” come from?
laakiobasaltti (Finnish) comes from Finnish basaltti, from Late Latin basaltes, from Latin basanites, from Ancient Greek βασανίτης, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της, from Ancient Greek -της, from Proto-Hellenic -tāts — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
laakiobasaltti (Finnish): flood basalt
Definitions
- flood basalt
Ancestry of “laakiobasaltti”, step by step
laakiobasaltti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish basaltti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | basaltti | basalt |
| 2 | Late Latin | basaltes | — |
| 3 | Latin | basanites | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βασανίτης | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |