Where does “typpimonoksidi” come from?

typpimonoksidi (Finnish) comes from Finnish typpi, from Finnish typehtyä — to be extinguished.

typpimonoksidi (Finnish): nitrogen monoxide

Definitions

  1. nitrogen monoxide

Ancestry of “typpimonoksidi”, step by step

typpimonoksidi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish typpi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishtyppinitrogen
2Finnishtypehtyäto be extinguished

via Finnish monoksidi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmonoksidimonoxide
Every word from Finnish typehtyä →Every word from Finnish typpi →