Where does “lopputiivistelmä” come from?
lopputiivistelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish tiivistelmä, from Finnish tiivistää, from Finnish tiivis, from Proto-Germanic stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European steypós.
lopputiivistelmä (Finnish): an abstract after the main text, an abstract at the end of an article
Definitions
- an abstract after the main text, an abstract at the end of an article
Ancestry of “lopputiivistelmä”, step by step
lopputiivistelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish tiivistelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tiivistelmä | summary, synopsis, compendium, abstract |
| 2 | Finnish | tiivistää | to compact, compress |
| 3 | Finnish | tiivis | tight, compact, dense, solid; concise |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | stīfaz | stiff, rigid |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | steypós | — |