Where does “lomituslajittelu” come from?
lomituslajittelu (Finnish) comes from Finnish lajittelu, from Finnish lajitella, from Finnish lajittaa, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
lomituslajittelu (Finnish): mergesort
Definitions
- mergesort
Ancestry of “lomituslajittelu”, step by step
lomituslajittelu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lajittelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lajittelu | sorting |
| 2 | Finnish | lajitella | to sort; to classify, categorize; to size |
| 3 | Finnish | lajittaa | Alternative form of lajitella |
| 4 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 5 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 9 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 10 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 12 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 13 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |