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Where does “lukinkalvonalainen” come from?

lukinkalvonalainen (Finnish) comes from Finnish lukinkalvo, from Finnish lukki, from Finnish Luukas, from Latin Lūcās, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς, from Latin Lucius, from Latin lux, from Proto-Italic louks — bright; to shine; to see.

lukinkalvonalainen (Finnish): subarachnoid

Definitions

  1. subarachnoid

Ancestry of “lukinkalvonalainen”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlukinkalvoarachnoid mater
2FinnishlukkiA harvestman; A straddle carrier
3FinnishLuukas—
4LatinLūcās—
5Ancient GreekΛουκᾶςman from Lucania
6LatinLucius—
7Latinluxlight; daylight, day, moonlight; life
8Proto-Italicloukslight
9Proto-Indo-Europeanlewḱ-lynx
10Proto-Indo-Europeanlewk-bright; to shine; to see
Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewk- →