Where does “limittäisyys” come from?
limittäisyys (Finnish) comes from Finnish limittäinen, from Finnish limittäin, from Finnish limi, from Esperanto limo, from Spanish lima, from Spanish Limón, from Arabic لَيْمُون, from Persian لیمو.
limittäisyys (Finnish): the state of quality of being overlapping
Definitions
- the state of quality of being overlapping
Ancestry of “limittäisyys”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | limittäinen | overlapping, interwoven |
| 2 | Finnish | limittäin | overlapping, so that they (partly) overlap |
| 3 | Finnish | limi | a gap between two objects such that one overlaps... |
| 4 | Esperanto | limo | limit, boundary; border |
| 5 | Spanish | lima | lime; lemon; file |
| 6 | Spanish | Limón | lemon |
| 7 | Arabic | لَيْمُون | lemon, lime |
| 8 | Persian | لیمو | lemon; lime |
| 9 | Sanskrit | निम्बू | common lime or lemon |
| 10 | Mundari | lembu | — |