Where does “rikkiyhdiste” come from?
rikkiyhdiste (Finnish) comes from Finnish yhdiste, from Finnish yhdistää, from Finnish -istaa — -ize/-ise; Occasionally used for other purposes,...
rikkiyhdiste (Finnish): sulfur compound
Ancestry of “rikkiyhdiste”, step by step
rikkiyhdiste traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish yhdiste
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yhdiste | compound; union; join |
| 2 | Finnish | yhdistää | to connect, join, combine; to unite; to conflate |
| 3 | Finnish | -istaa | -ize/-ise; Occasionally used for other purposes,... |
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 |