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Where does “splittaus” come from?

splittaus (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.

splittaus (Finnish): split

Definitions

  1. split

Ancestry of “splittaus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsplitatato split
2EnglishSplit—
3Serbo-CroatianSplȉt—
4ItalianSpalato—
5LatinSpalatum—
6Ancient GreekΣπάλαθος—
7Ancient GreekἈσπάλαθος—
8Ancient Greekἀσπάλαθοςname of several types of thornbush
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