Where does “termiittipesä” come from?
termiittipesä (Finnish) comes from Finnish termiitti, from Swedish termit, from German Thermit, from German -it, from French -ité, from Latin -īta, from Ancient Greek -ίτης, from Ancient Greek πολῑ́της — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.
termiittipesä (Finnish): termite mound, termitarium; termite colony
Definitions
- termite mound, termitarium; termite colony
Ancestry of “termiittipesä”, step by step
termiittipesä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish termiitti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | termiitti | termite; thermite |
| 2 | Swedish | termit | termite; thermite |
| 3 | German | Thermit | thermite |
| 4 | German | -it | -ite |
| 5 | French | -ité | Alternative form of -té, giving a quality or... |
| 6 | Latin | -īta | — |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ίτης | Suffix forming a masculine noun: one connected... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | πολῑ́της | citizen |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -της | Forms nouns representing a state of being; Added... |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | -tāts | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ts | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | -teh₂ | Used to form nouns representing state of being |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | -tós | Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems |