Where does “skalaarikenttä” come from?

skalaarikenttä (Finnish) comes from Finnish skalaari, from Latin scālāris, from Latin scāla, from Latin scandere, from Latin scandō, from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- — to jump up, ascend.

skalaarikenttä (Finnish): scalar field

Definitions

  1. scalar field

Ancestry of “skalaarikenttä”, step by step

skalaarikenttä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish skalaari

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishskalaariscalar
2LatinscālārisOf, pertaining to or resembling a flight of stairs, or a ladder
3Latinscālaladder
4Latinscanderethird-person plural perfect active indicative of...
5Latinscandōto climb, ascend, mount
6Proto-Indo-Europeansḱend-to jump up, ascend

via Finnish kenttä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkenttäfield; A limited area where a game is played, a...
2Proto-Samickientēmeadow, field
Every word from Proto-Indo-European sḱend- →Every word from Latin scandō →Every word from Latin scandere →