Where does “päiväntasauspiste” come from?

päiväntasauspiste (Finnish) comes from Finnish piste, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

päiväntasauspiste (Finnish): equinoctial point, equinox point

Definitions

  1. equinoctial point, equinox point

Ancestry of “päiväntasauspiste”, step by step

päiväntasauspiste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish piste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpistepoint, dot, full stop, period; point
2Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
3Finnishhartiashoulder
4Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
5Greekχαρτίpaper
6Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
7Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
8Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish päiväntasaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpäiväntasausequinox
2Finnishtasausequalisation; leveling; justified
3Finnishtasatato divide into equal parts; to level; to equalize
4Finnishtasaof equal height; of the same level
5Proto-Finnictasaeven
6Proto-Uralictaśaeven
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης