Where does “pistetodennäköisyys” come from?
pistetodennäköisyys (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.
pistetodennäköisyys (Finnish): point probability
Definitions
- point probability
Ancestry of “pistetodennäköisyys”, step by step
pistetodennäköisyys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish piste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | piste | point, dot, full stop, period; point |
| 2 | Finnish | -e | Used for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives |
| 3 | Finnish | hartia | shoulder |
| 4 | Serbo-Croatian | hartija | paper |
| 5 | Greek | χαρτί | paper |
| 6 | Koine Greek | χαρτίον | paper, papyrus |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | χάρτης | sheet of paper, paper; book |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | χαράσσω | to sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰer- | to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines |
via Finnish todennäköisyys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | todennäköisyys | probability, likelihood, odds |
| 2 | Finnish | todennäköinen | likely, probable |
| 3 | Finnish | näköinen | looking like; -looking, -like; -sighted, -eyed |
| 4 | Finnish | näkö | sight, vision, eyesight; look, looks; face |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | näko | sight, vision; look, appearance; face |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |