Where does “normijärjestelmä” come from?
normijärjestelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish normi, from French normé, from Latin nōrma, from Ancient Greek γνώμων, from Ancient Greek γιγνώσκω, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₃sḱéti, from Proto-Indo-European ǵneh₃- — to know.
normijärjestelmä (Finnish): system of standards or norms
Definitions
- system of standards or norms
Ancestry of “normijärjestelmä”, step by step
normijärjestelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish normi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | normi | norm |
| 2 | French | normé | past participle of normer |
| 3 | Latin | nōrma | a carpenter’s square |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γνώμων | interpreter, discerner; carpenter's square;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γιγνώσκω | I am aware of; I perceive, observe, know, learn;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵn̥h₃sḱéti | to recognise |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |
via Finnish järjestelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | järjestelmä | system |
| 2 | Finnish | järjestää | to arrange; to organize |
| 3 | Finnish | järki | reason; sense |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | järki | row; order, condition |