Where does “lohkeavuuspinta” come from?

lohkeavuuspinta (Finnish) comes from Finnish pinta, from Proto-Finnic pinta, from Proto-Germanic spindaz — fat; lard; grease; smear; marrow.

lohkeavuuspinta (Finnish): cleavage plane

Definitions

  1. cleavage plane

Ancestry of “lohkeavuuspinta”, step by step

lohkeavuuspinta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish pinta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpintasurface
2Proto-Finnicpintasurface; sapwood; fat
3Proto-Germanicspindazfat; lard; grease; smear; marrow

via Finnish lohkeavuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlohkeavuuscleavage tendency of a crystal to split along specific planes
2Finnish-uusForms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality
3Proto-Finnic-uc-ness, -hood
Every word from Proto-Germanic spindaz →Every word from Proto-Finnic pinta →Every word from Finnish pinta →