Where does “spin-ratakytkentä” come from?
spin-ratakytkentä (Finnish) comes from Finnish spin, from English spin, from Middle English spinnen, from Old English spinnan, from Proto-Germanic spinnaną, from Proto-Indo-European (s)pénh₁-ne-, from Proto-Indo-European (s)penh₁- — to twist; to weave.
spin-ratakytkentä (Finnish): spin–orbit coupling
Definitions
- spin–orbit coupling
Ancestry of “spin-ratakytkentä”, step by step
spin-ratakytkentä traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish spin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | spin | spin |
| 2 | English | spin | To rotate, revolve, gyrate (usually quickly); to partially or completely rotate to face another direction |
| 3 | Middle English | spinnen | To spin or convert fibre into yarn; To make... |
| 4 | Old English | spinnan | to spin |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | spinnaną | to spin |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)pénh₁-ne- | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)penh₁- | to twist; to weave |
via Finnish kytkentä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kytkentä | coupling |
| 2 | Finnish | kytkeä | to hook, hook up, connect, couple; "~ irti" = to... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kütkedäk | to bind, to tie |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | kütke- | to bind |
via Finnish Rata
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Rata | The former (Finnish) Financial Supervision Authority authority supervising financial markets and participants; merged with another authority in 2009 |
| 2 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *rata | — |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | tradō | way; track; spoor |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | der- | to split, to separate; to tear, to crack, to... |