Where does “neliömatriisi” come from?

neliömatriisi (Finnish) comes from Finnish matriisi, from Swedish matris, from Swedish ris, from Old Norse rís, from Middle Low German rīs, from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin rīsus.

neliömatriisi (Finnish): square matrix

Definitions

  1. square matrix

Ancestry of “neliömatriisi”, step by step

neliömatriisi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish matriisi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmatriisimatrix
2Swedishmatrismatrix; rectangular arrangement of terms; matrix;...
3Swedishrissmall shrubs, such as blueberry and lingonberry,...
4Old Norserís
5Middle Low Germanrīs
6Old Frenchrisreef
7Italianrisolaughter, laugh; rice; past participle of ridere
8Latinrīsuslaughed at, ridiculed, mocked, having been ridiculed
9Ancient Greekὄρυζαrice
10Proto-Iranian*wrinǰiš

via Finnish neliö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishneliösquare; four-room apartment; Short for neliömetri
2Finnishneljäfour
3Proto-Finnicneljäfour
4Proto-Uralicneljäfour
Every word from Proto-Iranian *wrinǰišEvery word from Ancient Greek ὄρυζαEvery word from Latin rīsus