Where does “nollanäyte” come from?

nollanäyte (Finnish) comes from Finnish nolla, from Swedish nolla, from Italian nulla, from Latin nūlla, from Latin nūllus, from Proto-Italic oinos, from Proto-Indo-European óynos — one; single.

nollanäyte (Finnish): blank, blank sample

Definitions

  1. blank, blank sample

Ancestry of “nollanäyte”, step by step

nollanäyte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish nolla

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnollazero; digit zero; good-for-nothing
2Swedishnollaa zero; the symbol, or digit, "0"; a zero; a...
3Italiannullafeminine singular of nullo; nothing, anything;...
4Latinnūllano
5Latinnūllusno one, none, not any, nothing
6Proto-Italicoinoscardinal number 1 Previous: n/a Next: *duō;...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanóynosone; single

via Finnish näyte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishnäytesample, specimen
2Finnishnäyttääto show, present; to seem to do, appear to do; to...
3Finnish-ttaaForms causative verbs. May be applied to verbs...
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European óynosEvery word from Proto-Italic oinosEvery word from Latin nūllus
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