Where does “lyhennesana” come from?
lyhennesana (Finnish) comes from Finnish sana, from Finnish luokka, from Finnish luokki, from Proto-Slavic lǫkъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *lankás, from Proto-Indo-European lenk- — to bend.
lyhennesana (Finnish): acronym
Definitions
- acronym
Ancestry of “lyhennesana”, step by step
lyhennesana traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sana
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sana | word; Word, Scripture; lesson |
| 2 | Finnish | luokka | class; class, social class; grade |
| 3 | Finnish | luokki | shaft bow |
| 4 | Proto-Slavic | lǫkъ | bow |
| 5 | Proto-Balto-Slavic | *lankás | bow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | lenk- | to bend |
via Finnish lyhenne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lyhenne | An abbreviation |
| 2 | Finnish | lyhentää | to shorten; to abbreviate; to reduce or pay back... |
| 3 | Finnish | lyhetä | To shorten, to become shorter |
| 4 | Finnish | -etä | Front vowel variant of -eta |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -t'ak | Forms verbs from nominal stems, generally with a causative, factitive or instrumental meaning |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |