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

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsplitatato split
2EnglishSplitTo divide fully or partly along a more or less straight line
3Serbo-CroatianSplȉt
4ItalianSpalato
5LatinSpalatum
6Ancient GreekΣπάλαθος
7Ancient GreekἈσπάλαθοςname of several types of thornbush
8Ancient Greekἀσπάλαθοςname of several types of thornbush
Every word from Ancient Greek ἀσπάλαθος