Where does “maaperäfysiikka” come from?
maaperäfysiikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish fysiikka, from Swedish fysik, from Latin physica, from Ancient Greek φυσικός, from Ancient Greek φύσις, from Ancient Greek φύω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuHyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
maaperäfysiikka (Finnish): soil physics
Definitions
- soil physics
Ancestry of “maaperäfysiikka”, step by step
maaperäfysiikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish fysiikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | fysiikka | physics; physique |
| 2 | Swedish | fysik | physics |
| 3 | Latin | physica | natural sciences; natural philosophy; physics;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φυσικός | natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |