Where does “massakeskipiste” come from?

massakeskipiste (Finnish) comes from Finnish keskipiste, from Finnish piste, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

massakeskipiste (Finnish): center of mass

Definitions

  1. center of mass

Ancestry of “massakeskipiste”, step by step

massakeskipiste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish keskipiste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkeskipistecentre/center point, midpoint
2Finnishpistepoint, dot, full stop, period; point
3Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
4Finnishhartiashoulder
5Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
6Greekχαρτίpaper
7Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
8Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
9Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
10Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish massa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmassamass; bulk; paste
2Swedishmässaa mass; an exhibition, an expo; to mass, to...
3Old Norsemessamass, church service; to say mass
4LatinmissaMass; Christian eucharistic liturgy; nominative...
5Latinmissumaccusative supine of mittō; inflection of...
6Latinmittōto send, dispatch, cause to go, let go, release, discharge
7Proto-Italicmeitōto put forth, put out
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeyth₂-to hurt; to exchange, remove; to replace, to...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης