Where does “translitteroiminen” come from?
translitteroiminen (Finnish) comes from Finnish translitteroida, from Latin translitero, from Latin trāns, from Latin Padus, from Lepontic Bodincus, from Proto-Indo-European bʰudʰmḗn, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewbʰ-, from Proto-Indo-European dʰewh₂- — smoke; mist, haze.
Ancestry of “translitteroiminen”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | translitteroida | to transliterate to transform text from one alphabetic script to another, e.g. Cyrilic to Latin, usually using a target language -specifiic standardized set of letters to represent the letters of the original script; compare transkriboida |
| 2 | Latin | translitero | — |
| 3 | Latin | trāns | across, beyond |
| 4 | Latin | Padus | the River Po |
| 5 | Lepontic | Bodincus | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰudʰmḗn | bottom |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewbʰ- | deep |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | dʰewh₂- | smoke; mist, haze |