Where does “linssivääristymä” come from?
linssivääristymä (Finnish) comes from Finnish vääristymä, from Finnish vääristyä, from Finnish vääristää, from Finnish väärä, from Old Swedish fahra, from Middle Low German vāre, from Old Saxon fāra, from Proto-Germanic fērō — passed , crossed.
linssivääristymä (Finnish): lens distortion
Definitions
- lens distortion
Ancestry of “linssivääristymä”, step by step
linssivääristymä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vääristymä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vääristymä | distortion |
| 2 | Finnish | vääristyä | to distort or warp, become distorted or warped |
| 3 | Finnish | vääristää | to distort; to deform; to warp |
| 4 | Finnish | väärä | wrong, incorrect; false, erroneous; crooked,... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | fahra | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | vāre | danger, persecution, fear |
| 7 | Old Saxon | fāra | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fērō | danger |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Finnish linssi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | linssi | lens; lentil |
| 2 | Swedish | lins | lentil, pulse (legume), the plant Lens culinaris and its crop |
| 3 | German | Linse | lens; lentil |
| 4 | German | -en | A suffix of verbs in their infinitive form; A... |
| 5 | Middle High German | -en | — |
| 6 | Old High German | -īn | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -īnaz | -en |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |