Where does “sädepyssy” come from?
sädepyssy (Finnish) comes from Finnish pyssy, from Old Swedish byssa, from Middle Low German busse, from Old Saxon *buhsa, from Proto-Germanic *buhsā, from Latin buxis, from Latin pyxis, from Ancient Greek πυξίς — box tree; boxwood.
sädepyssy (Finnish): ray gun
Definitions
- ray gun
Ancestry of “sädepyssy”, step by step
sädepyssy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pyssy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pyssy | gun, handgun |
| 2 | Old Swedish | byssa | — |
| 3 | Middle Low German | busse | gun |
| 4 | Old Saxon | *buhsa | — |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *buhsā | — |
| 6 | Latin | buxis | a box |
| 7 | Latin | pyxis | A small box, for holding medicines or toiletries |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πυξίς | box made of boxwood, box; tablet made of boxwood;... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | πύξος | box tree; boxwood |
via Finnish Säde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Säde | — |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sadek | precipitation |
| 3 | Polish | -ek | masculine diminutive noun suffix |
| 4 | Polish | -ny | Forms masculine adjectives |
| 5 | Latin | temporālis | of or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary, temporal |
| 6 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |