Where does “lentonopeus” come from?
lentonopeus (Finnish) comes from Finnish lento, from Italian lento, from Spanish lento, from Galician -ura, from Latin -ura, from Latin -tūra — ing, -ure, -work.
lentonopeus (Finnish): flying speed
Definitions
- flying speed
Ancestry of “lentonopeus”, step by step
lentonopeus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lento
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lento | flying, flight; flight; lento |
| 2 | Italian | lento | slow |
| 3 | Spanish | lento | slow |
| 4 | Galician | -ura | -ness |
| 5 | Latin | -ura | Suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives |
| 6 | Latin | -tūra | ing, -ure, -work |
via Finnish nopeus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nopeus | velocity; speed; swiftness, quickness, rapidity |
| 2 | Finnish | nopea | quick, fast, rapid |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | nopeda | fast, quick |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | snapāną | to snap; grab |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | ksnew- | to scrape, sharpen |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱes- | to cut off, separate; to cut up, to slaughter; to... |