Where does “potenssimenetelmä” come from?

potenssimenetelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish potenssi, from Swedish potens, from Latin Potentia, from Latin potēns, from Latin posse, from Latin potis, from Proto-Italic potis, from Proto-Indo-European pótis — to drink.

potenssimenetelmä (Finnish): power method to find eigenvalues

Definitions

  1. power method to find eigenvalues

Ancestry of “potenssimenetelmä”, step by step

potenssimenetelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish potenssi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpotenssipotency; power
2Swedishpotenspotential, power
3LatinPotentiasituated in the valley of the Casuentus, now Potenza
4Latinpotēnsbeing able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful
5Latinpossepresent active infinitive of possum  "to be able...
6Latinpotisable, capable, possible
7Proto-Italicpotismaster, in control of
8Proto-Indo-Europeanpótismaster, ruler; husband
9Proto-Indo-Europeanph₃tis—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpeh₃-to drink

via Finnish menetelmä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmenetelmämethod; procedure
2FinnishmenetelläTo do, act, proceed; To do, be good enough
3Finnishmenettääto lose, miss
4Finnishmennäto go; to take, pass, spend, go
5Proto-Finnicmendäkto go
6Proto-Uralicmene-to go
Every word from Proto-Indo-European peh₃- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European ph₃tis →Every word from Proto-Indo-European pótis →