Where does “pistetaajuus” come from?

pistetaajuus (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.

pistetaajuus (Finnish): spot frequency

Definitions

  1. spot frequency

Ancestry of “pistetaajuus”, step by step

pistetaajuus 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 taajuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaajuusfrequency
2Finnishtaajathick, dense; frequent
3Proto-Finnictakjadense, thick
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης