Where does “spinkvanttiluku” come from?
spinkvanttiluku (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.
spinkvanttiluku (Finnish): spin quantum number
Definitions
- spin quantum number
Ancestry of “spinkvanttiluku”, step by step
spinkvanttiluku traces back through two 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 kvanttiluku
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kvanttiluku | quantum number |
| 2 | Finnish | luku | number, count, quantity; chapter; reading |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | luku | number, quantity |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | lukedak | to count; to read ? |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | luke- | to count |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |