Where does “potenssiinkorotusmenetelmä” come from?
potenssiinkorotusmenetelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish potenssiinkorotus, from Finnish potenssi, from Swedish potens, from Latin Potentia, from Latin potēns, from Latin posse, from Latin potis, from Proto-Italic potis — to drink.
potenssiinkorotusmenetelmä (Finnish): exponentiation method
Definitions
- exponentiation method
Ancestry of “potenssiinkorotusmenetelmä”, step by step
potenssiinkorotusmenetelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish potenssiinkorotus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | potenssiinkorotus | — |
| 2 | Finnish | potenssi | potency; power |
| 3 | Swedish | potens | potential, power |
| 4 | Latin | Potentia | situated in the valley of the Casuentus, now Potenza |
| 5 | Latin | potēns | being able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful |
| 6 | Latin | posse | present active infinitive of possum "to be able... |
| 7 | Latin | potis | able, capable, possible |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | potis | master, in control of |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |