Where does “niveltää” come from?
niveltää (Finnish) comes from Finnish nivel, from Finnish niveljalkainen, from New Latin Arthropoda, from Ancient Greek ἄρθρον, from Ancient Greek ἀραρίσκω, from Ancient Greek -σκω, from Proto-Indo-European -sḱéti — Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs...
niveltää (Finnish): to articulate, connect with joints; to connect...
Definitions
- to articulate, connect with joints; to connect...
Ancestry of “niveltää”, step by step
niveltää traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish nivel
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nivel | joint; articulation |
| 2 | Finnish | niveljalkainen | An arthropod |
| 3 | New Latin | Arthropoda | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἄρθρον | joint; limb; articulation |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀραρίσκω | join, fasten; fit together, construct; fit,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -σκω | Primitive suffix used to form present-tense... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -sḱéti | Forms durative or iterative imperfective verbs... |