Where does “metsäekologia” come from?
metsäekologia (Finnish) comes from Finnish ekologia, from German Ökologie, from German öko-, from Ancient Greek οἶκος, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
metsäekologia (Finnish): forest ecology
Definitions
- forest ecology
Ancestry of “metsäekologia”, step by step
metsäekologia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ekologia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ekologia | ecology; Partitive singular form of ekologi |
| 2 | German | Ökologie | ecology |
| 3 | German | öko- | eco- |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | οἶκος | house or dwelling place; estate, inheritance;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |