Where does “rikkivety” come from?
rikkivety (Finnish) comes from Finnish vety, from Finnish -u, from Proto-Finnic -u — Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns.
rikkivety (Finnish): hydrogen sulfide
Ancestry of “rikkivety”, step by step
rikkivety traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vety
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vety | hydrogen; Indicative present connegative form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | -u | Forms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -u | Forms nouns from adjectives, nouns |
via Finnish rikki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rikki | sulfur, sulphur; broken |
| 2 | Finnish | rikkoa | to break; to violate, breach; to offend, to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | rikkodak | to break; to ruin, to mar, to damage |