Where does “taittovoimakkuus” come from?

taittovoimakkuus (Finnish) comes from Finnish voimakkuus, from Finnish voimakas, from Finnish kas, from Finnish katso!, from Finnish katsoa, from Proto-Finnic kaccodak, from Proto-Germanic gātijaną.

taittovoimakkuus (Finnish): optical power, dioptric power, refractive power quantity usually measured with the unit

Definitions

  1. optical power, dioptric power, refractive power quantity usually measured with the unit

Ancestry of “taittovoimakkuus”, step by step

taittovoimakkuus traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish voimakkuus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoimakkuusstrength; magnitude; intensity
2Finnishvoimakaspowerful; strong
3Finnishkaslook!, oh!, my!, behold!; look
4Finnishkatso!look!
5Finnishkatsoato look, have a look, take a look; to watch; to...
6Proto-Finnickaccodakto look
7Proto-Germanicgātijaną—

via Finnish taitto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtaittolayout
2Finnishtaittaato fold; to break; to refract
3Finnishtaipuato become curved, to bend; to change one's...
4Proto-Finnictaipudak—
Every word from Proto-Germanic gātijaną →Every word from Proto-Finnic kaccodak →Every word from Finnish katsoa →