Where does “skalaarikertolasku” come from?
skalaarikertolasku (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.
skalaarikertolasku (Finnish): scalar multiplication
Definitions
- scalar multiplication
Ancestry of “skalaarikertolasku”, step by step
skalaarikertolasku traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish skalaari
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | skalaari | scalar |
| 2 | Latin | scālāris | Of, pertaining to or resembling a flight of stairs, or a ladder |
| 3 | Latin | scāla | ladder |
| 4 | Latin | scandere | third-person plural perfect active indicative of... |
| 5 | Latin | scandō | to climb, ascend, mount |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱend- | to jump up, ascend |
via Finnish kertolasku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kertolasku | multiplication calculation in which multiple numbers are multiplied together |