Where does “metyleenikloridi” come from?

metyleenikloridi (Finnish) comes from Finnish kloridi, from English chloride, from English chlorine, from English -ine, from French -ine, from French -é, from Middle French -é, from Old French -é.

metyleenikloridi (Finnish): methylene chloride, methylene dichloride, dichloromethane partially halogenated hydrocarbon CH2Cl2 widely used as a solvent

Definitions

  1. methylene chloride, methylene dichloride, dichloromethane partially halogenated hydrocarbon CH2Cl2 widely used as a solvent

Ancestry of “metyleenikloridi”, step by step

metyleenikloridi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kloridi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkloridichloride
2Englishchlorideany salt of hydrochloric acid, such as sodium...
3EnglishchlorineA toxic, green, gaseous chemical element with an...
4English-ineOf or pertaining to; Used to form demonyms;...
5French-inefeminine singular of -in; female equivalent of...
6French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular -er...
7Middle French-épast participle root verb suffix of regular; -ed, -en, -n
8Old French-éused to form past participles of regular -er...
9Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
10Proto-Italic-āForms masculine agent nouns from prefixed or compounded bases
11Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via Finnish metyleeni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmetyleenimethylene
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from English -ine →Every word from French -ine →