Where does “poikittaisleikkaus” come from?
poikittaisleikkaus (Finnish) comes from Finnish poikittainen, from Finnish poikittain, from Finnish poikki, from Finnish poikitse, from Finnish itse, from Proto-Finnic icek, from Hebrew יצחק — to laugh.
poikittaisleikkaus (Finnish): crosswise cross-section
Definitions
- crosswise cross-section
Ancestry of “poikittaisleikkaus”, step by step
poikittaisleikkaus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish poikittainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | poikittainen | transverse, traverse; abeam |
| 2 | Finnish | poikittain | crosswise, diagonally, obliquely; abeam |
| 3 | Finnish | poikki | broken into two or more pieces; off; exhausted,... |
| 4 | Finnish | poikitse | (Scattered/strewn) here and there, all over (the place), (all) spread out |
| 5 | Finnish | itse | oneself; used to emphasize the person of the head... |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | icek | self |
| 7 | Hebrew | יצחק | to laugh |
via Finnish leikkaus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | leikkaus | cut, cutting; operation, surgery; perioperative |
| 2 | Finnish | leikata | to cut; to incise; to mow |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | leik'at'ak | to cut |