Where does “niisitys” come from?
niisitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish niisittää, from Finnish niisiä, from Finnish ia, from Finnish ja, from Proto-Finnic ja, from Proto-Germanic jahw, from Proto-Germanic -hw, from Proto-Germanic -hwe — and; Forms distributives from interrogatives.
niisitys (Finnish): The system according to which the warp yarns are...
Definitions
- The system according to which the warp yarns are...
Ancestry of “niisitys”, step by step
niisitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish niisittää
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | niisittää | Alternative form of niisiä |
| 2 | Finnish | niisiä | Partitive plural form of niisi; To thread warp... |
| 3 | Finnish | ia | Obsolete spelling of ja |
| 4 | Finnish | ja | and; AND |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | ja | and |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | jahw | and, also |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -hw | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | -hwe | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -kʷe | and; Forms distributives from interrogatives |
via Finnish us
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | us | -ing |