Where does “laserkeilaus” come from?
laserkeilaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish keilaus, from Finnish keilata, from Finnish -tä, from Proto-Finnic -ta, from Proto-Uralic -tä — from.
laserkeilaus (Finnish): laser scanning
Ancestry of “laserkeilaus”, step by step
laserkeilaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish keilaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keilaus | bowl act of bowling a ball |
| 2 | Finnish | keilata | to bowl; to cast light; to scan |
| 3 | Finnish | -tä | Front vowel variant of -ta |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ta | Partitive ending |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -tä | from |
via Finnish laser
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laser | laser |
| 2 | English | LASER | Acronym of light amplification by stimulated... |
| 3 | Latin | laser | the juice of the plant laserpitium, asafoetida;... |