Where does “toimintapotentiaali” come from?
toimintapotentiaali (Finnish) comes from Finnish potentiaali, from Late Latin potentialis, from Dutch potentiaal, from German potenzial, from Latin potentialis, from Latin Potentia, from Latin potēns, from Latin posse — to drink.
toimintapotentiaali (Finnish): action potential
Definitions
- action potential
Ancestry of “toimintapotentiaali”, step by step
toimintapotentiaali traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish potentiaali
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | potentiaali | potential |
| 2 | Late Latin | potentialis | force, power |
| 3 | Dutch | potentiaal | — |
| 4 | German | potenzial | potential |
| 5 | Latin | potentialis | force, power |
| 6 | Latin | Potentia | situated in the valley of the Casuentus, now Potenza |
| 7 | Latin | potēns | being able (to), able; potent, mighty, strong, powerful |
| 8 | Latin | posse | present active infinitive of possum "to be able... |
| 9 | Latin | potis | able, capable, possible |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | potis | master, in control of |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | pótis | master, ruler; husband |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ph₃tis | — |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | peh₃- | to drink |
via Finnish toiminta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | toiminta | action, activity |
| 2 | Finnish | toimia | to work, function, run; to serve, act, work; to... |
| 3 | Finnish | Toimi | chore, task, job, duty |
| 4 | Finnish | toimi | chore, task, job, duty; activities, business,... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | toimi | work, task, chore |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | toodak | to bring |
| 7 | Proto-Uralic | toxe- | to bring, give |
| 8 | Hungarian | -ik | Specifies "which" one of a specific set of... |