Where does “metsäbiologia” come from?
metsäbiologia (Finnish) comes from Finnish biologia, from Finnish bio-, from Ancient Greek βίο-, from Ancient Greek βίος, from Ancient Greek Γένεσις, from Proto-Hellenic génetis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵénh₁tis, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.
metsäbiologia (Finnish): forest biology
Definitions
- forest biology
Ancestry of “metsäbiologia”, step by step
metsäbiologia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish biologia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | biologia | biology; Partitive singular form of biologi |
| 2 | Finnish | bio- | bio |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βίο- | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | βίος | life |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | Γένεσις | Genesis. The title of the first book of the Bible and Pentateuch as in the Septuagint translation in Greek |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | génetis | origin, source |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |