Where does “splittaaminen” come from?
splittaaminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish splitata, from English Split, from Serbo-Croatian Splȉt, from Italian Spalato, from Latin Spalatum, from Ancient Greek Σπάλαθος, from Ancient Greek Ἀσπάλαθος, from Ancient Greek ἀσπάλαθος — name of several types of thornbush.
Ancestry of “splittaaminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | splitata | to split |
| 2 | English | Split | To divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line |
| 3 | Serbo-Croatian | Splȉt | — |
| 4 | Italian | Spalato | — |
| 5 | Latin | Spalatum | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Σπάλαθος | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | Ἀσπάλαθος | name of several types of thornbush |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | ἀσπάλαθος | name of several types of thornbush |