Where does “röntgenteleskooppi” come from?

röntgenteleskooppi (Finnish) comes from Finnish teleskooppi, from Finnish -skooppi, from Ancient Greek σκοπέω, from Ancient Greek σκοπός, from Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι, from Proto-Hellenic sképťomai, from Proto-Indo-European spéḱyeti, from Proto-Indo-European speḱ- — to see, to look, to observe.

röntgenteleskooppi (Finnish): X-ray telescope

Definitions

  1. X-ray telescope

Ancestry of “röntgenteleskooppi”, step by step

röntgenteleskooppi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish teleskooppi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishteleskooppitelescope
2Finnish-skooppi-scope
3Ancient GreekσκοπέωI look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413...
4Ancient Greekσκοπόςwatcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout
5Ancient GreekσκέπτομαιI look at, examine; I examine, consider, think
6Proto-Hellenicsképťomaito look at
7Proto-Indo-Europeanspéḱyetito be looking at, to keep looking at
8Proto-Indo-Europeanspeḱ-to see, to look, to observe

via Finnish röntgen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishröntgenA röntgen, roentgen; X-ray
Every word from Proto-Indo-European speḱ-