Where does “maanviljelytiede” come from?
maanviljelytiede (Finnish) comes from Finnish maanviljely, from Finnish viljely, from Finnish viljellä, from Finnish ellä, from Finnish Elina, from Finnish Helena, from Swedish Helena, from Ancient Greek ἑλένη — to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,...
maanviljelytiede (Finnish): agronomy, agricultural science
Definitions
- agronomy, agricultural science
Ancestry of “maanviljelytiede”, step by step
maanviljelytiede traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish maanviljely
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | maanviljely | agriculture, farming |
| 2 | Finnish | viljely | culture, cultivation |
| 3 | Finnish | viljellä | To cultivate, farm, till; To raise, grow; To... |
| 4 | Finnish | ellä | if |
| 5 | Finnish | Elina | Helen |
| 6 | Finnish | Helena | — |
| 7 | Swedish | Helena | Helen |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἑλένη | torch, firebrand; corposant, St. Elmo's fire;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | swel- | to smolder; burn; scorch; beam, board, frame,... |
via Finnish tiede
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | tiede | science; one of the liberal arts or humanities |
| 2 | Finnish | tietää | to know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -mätön | Front vowel variant of -maton |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -mat'oin | Forms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -t'oin | -less |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ktama | — |