Where does “ligandikenttä” come from?

ligandikenttä (Finnish) comes from Finnish ligandi, from Latin ligandus, from Latin ligō, from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- — to bind, tie.

ligandikenttä (Finnish): ligand field

Definitions

  1. ligand field

Ancestry of “ligandikenttä”, step by step

ligandikenttä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish ligandi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishligandiligand
2Latinligandustied, bound, united, fastened
3Latinligōhoe, mattock
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleyǵ-to bind, tie

via Finnish kenttä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenttäfield; A limited area where a game is played, a...
2Proto-Samickientēmeadow, field
Every word from Proto-Indo-European leyǵ- →Every word from Latin ligō →Every word from Latin ligandus →