Where does “risteytyselinvoima” come from?
risteytyselinvoima (Finnish) comes from Finnish risteytys, from Finnish risteyttää, from Finnish ristetä, from Finnish Risti, from Finnish -iäinen, from Finnish -inen, from Finnish -uus, from Proto-Finnic -uc — -ness, -hood.
risteytyselinvoima (Finnish): hybrid vigor, heterosis
Definitions
- hybrid vigor, heterosis
Ancestry of “risteytyselinvoima”, step by step
risteytyselinvoima traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish risteytys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | risteytys | crossover |
| 2 | Finnish | risteyttää | To crossbreed, cross |
| 3 | Finnish | ristetä | to intersect, cross |
| 4 | Finnish | Risti | cross |
| 5 | Finnish | -iäinen | Front vowel variant of -iainen |
| 6 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 7 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |