Where does “strukturaalikielitiede” come from?
strukturaalikielitiede (Finnish) comes from Finnish strukturaalinen, from English structural, from English structure, from Middle French structure, from Latin structūra, from Latin struō, from Proto-Italic strowō, from Proto-Indo-European strew- — sterile, infertile.
strukturaalikielitiede (Finnish): structural linguistics
Definitions
- structural linguistics
Ancestry of “strukturaalikielitiede”, step by step
strukturaalikielitiede traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish strukturaalinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | strukturaalinen | structural |
| 2 | English | structural | Of, relating to, or having structure; Involving... |
| 3 | English | structure | A cohesive whole built up of distinct parts; The... |
| 4 | Middle French | structure | — |
| 5 | Latin | structūra | the practice or process of building, construction |
| 6 | Latin | struō | to place one thing on top of another, to pile up, join together |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | strowō | pile up; construct, build |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | strew- | to spread, to strew |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sterh₃- | to spread, extend, stretch out |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ster- | sterile, infertile |
via Finnish kielitiede
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kielitiede | linguistics |
| 2 | Finnish | tiede | science; one of the liberal arts or humanities |
| 3 | Finnish | tietää | to know, be aware of; to signify, mean, presage,... |
| 4 | Finnish | -mätön | Front vowel variant of -maton |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -mat'oin | Forms the negative participle, which is used as an adjective |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -t'oin | -less |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | -ktama | — |