Where does “optimiolosuhde” come from?
optimiolosuhde (Finnish) comes from Finnish optimi, from Latin optimus, from Latin Ops, from Latin oscen, from Latin opscen, from Latin ob-, from Latin obolus, from Ancient Greek ὀβολός — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
optimiolosuhde (Finnish): optimal condition
Definitions
- optimal condition
Ancestry of “optimiolosuhde”, step by step
optimiolosuhde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish optimi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | optimi | optimum |
| 2 | Latin | optimus | best; very good |
| 3 | Latin | Ops | earth goddess, fertility deity |
| 4 | Latin | oscen | any bird by whose song cries augurs divined... |
| 5 | Latin | opscen | — |
| 6 | Latin | ob- | towards; against |
| 7 | Latin | obolus | obolus (Greek coin) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ὀβολός | obol, obolus, used at Athens as both a weight and... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | ὀβελός | a spit, rod; a horizontal line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | βέλος | missile, arrow, dart; weapon; something quickly... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷélHos | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |
via Finnish olosuhteet
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | olosuhteet | circumstances, conditions |
| 2 | Finnish | olo | being, the action of the verb olla; feeling,... |
| 3 | Finnish | olla | to be; to be, constitute, make up, form; to have;... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | oldak | to be |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | wole- | to be, become; be, will be |