Where does “peilikuvaisomeria” come from?
peilikuvaisomeria (Finnish) comes from Finnish peilikuva, from Finnish peili, from Swedish spegel, from Old Swedish speghil, from Old Norse spegill, from Middle Low German spēgel, from Old Saxon spēgal, from Proto-Germanic *spēgl — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
peilikuvaisomeria (Finnish): optical isomerism
Definitions
- optical isomerism
Ancestry of “peilikuvaisomeria”, step by step
peilikuvaisomeria traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish peilikuva
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | peilikuva | mirror image, reflection |
| 2 | Finnish | peili | mirror |
| 3 | Swedish | spegel | a mirror; a smooth reflecting surface; something... |
| 4 | Old Swedish | speghil | — |
| 5 | Old Norse | spegill | mirror, looking glass Synonym: skuggsjá |
| 6 | Middle Low German | spēgel | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | spēgal | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | *spēgl | — |
| 9 | Medieval Latin | speglum | — |
| 10 | Latin | speculum | a looking-glass, mirror |
| 11 | Proto-Italic | -klom | — |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -tlom | Alternative form of *-trom |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -trom | Forms nouns denoting a tool or instrument |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | -tḗr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
via Italian isomeria
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | isomeria | isomerism |
| 2 | Italian | -eria | Added to nouns to form other nouns meaning "place... |
| 3 | Spanish | -ería | Turns a noun into a store or restaurant that... |
| 4 | Latin | -āria | used to form feminine counterparts of masculine agent nouns in |
| 5 | Latin | -ārius | er |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | *-āzios | Forms relational adjectives to nouns (and rarely numerals) |