Where does “neulatyynyvääristymä” come from?
neulatyynyvääristymä (Finnish) comes from Finnish vääristymä, from Finnish vääristyä, from Finnish vääristää, from Finnish väärä, from Old Swedish fahra, from Middle Low German vāre, from Old Saxon fāra, from Proto-Germanic fērō — passed , crossed.
neulatyynyvääristymä (Finnish): pincushion distortion
Definitions
- pincushion distortion
Ancestry of “neulatyynyvääristymä”, step by step
neulatyynyvääristymä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vääristymä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vääristymä | distortion |
| 2 | Finnish | vääristyä | to distort or warp, become distorted or warped |
| 3 | Finnish | vääristää | to distort; to deform; to warp |
| 4 | Finnish | väärä | wrong, incorrect; false, erroneous; crooked,... |
| 5 | Old Swedish | fahra | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | vāre | danger, persecution, fear |
| 7 | Old Saxon | fāra | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | fērō | danger |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |