Where does “respiittiaika” come from?
respiittiaika (Finnish) comes from Finnish respiitti, from Old French respit, from Latin respectus, from Latin respiciō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
respiittiaika (Finnish): A period of time, a "grace period", during which...
Definitions
- A period of time, a "grace period", during which...
Ancestry of “respiittiaika”, step by step
respiittiaika traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish respiitti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | respiitti | Synonym of respiittiaika |
| 2 | Old French | respit | rest |
| 3 | Latin | respectus | respected; looking back; regard, consideration,... |
| 4 | Latin | respiciō | to look behind, look back at or upon, look to, look around |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via Finnish aika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | aika | time; time, moment; appointment |
| 2 | Finnish | -isin | The case suffix denoting temporal distributive;... |
| 3 | Hungarian | isi | school |
| 4 | Hungarian | -i | Added to a proper noun, noun or postposition to... |
| 5 | Hungarian | -é | Used to form the lative, expressing the direction... |
| 6 | Albanian | -ë | -ing, -ion |
| 7 | Proto-West Germanic | -jā | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -íh₂ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -h₂ | Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups... |