Where does “perhosefekti” come from?
perhosefekti (Finnish) comes from Finnish efekti, from Latin effectus, from Latin efficiō, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis, from Proto-Italic kommoinis — resin, gum; to say, speak.
Ancestry of “perhosefekti”, step by step
perhosefekti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish efekti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | efekti | effect |
| 2 | Latin | effectus | made out, worked out, completed, finished,... |
| 3 | Latin | efficiō | to make out or work out; effect, execute, complete, accomplish, make, form, compose |
| 4 | Latin | ex | A name of the letter "X"; out of, from |
| 5 | Latin | commūnicō | to impart, share |
| 6 | Latin | commūnis | common, commonplace, ordinary, general, universal, shared, shared alike, of both sides, belonging to two or more together |
| 7 | Old Latin | com(m)oinis | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | kommoinis | common |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱom-moy-ni- | held in common |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 12 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 13 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 14 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 15 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 16 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |
via Finnish perhonen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | perhonen | insect of the order Lepidoptera; butterfly, moth... |
| 2 | Finnish | -nen | Forms diminutives nouns or terms expressing... |
| 3 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 4 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |