Where does “tensorisuure” come from?

tensorisuure (Finnish) comes from Finnish suure, from Finnish suuri, from Proto-Finnic suuri, from Proto-Germanic stūra-.

tensorisuure (Finnish): tensor quantity

Definitions

  1. tensor quantity

Ancestry of “tensorisuure”, step by step

tensorisuure traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish suure

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishsuurequantity; quantity, physical quantity
2Finnishsuurilarge; big; great
3Proto-Finnicsuuribig, large
4Proto-Germanicstūra-—

via Finnish tensori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtensoritensor
2New Latintensorthat which stretches
Every word from Proto-Germanic stūra- →Every word from Proto-Finnic suuri →Every word from Finnish suuri →