Where does “nestelämpömittari” come from?
nestelämpömittari (Finnish) comes from Finnish neste, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.
nestelämpömittari (Finnish): liquid thermometer
Definitions
- liquid thermometer
Ancestry of “nestelämpömittari”, step by step
nestelämpömittari traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish neste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | neste | liquid; fluid, in certain technical terms |
| 2 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 3 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 5 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 6 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish lämpömittari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lämpömittari | thermometer |
| 2 | Finnish | mittari | meter, gauge, indicator, instrument; geometrid... |
| 3 | Finnish | mitata | to measure (off/out), gauge |
| 4 | Middle Dutch | mēten | to measure |
| 5 | Old Dutch | metan | to measure |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *metan | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | metaną | to measure |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mēd- | to measure |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |