Where does “poikittaisvärähtely” come from?
poikittaisvärähtely (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.
poikittaisvärähtely (Finnish): transverse oscillation
Definitions
- transverse oscillation
Ancestry of “poikittaisvärähtely”, step by step
poikittaisvärähtely 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 värähtely
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | värähtely | vibration |
| 2 | Finnish | värähdellä | to vibrate; to ripple; to oscillate |
| 3 | Finnish | värähtää | to vibrate or twitch (once); to jolt somewhat |
| 4 | Finnish | ahtaa | to cram, stuff, fill, pack full; to supercharge;... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | aktadak | to hang up, especially traps; grain to dry in a... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | ëkta- | to hang up |