Where does “uraaniheksafluoridi” come from?
uraaniheksafluoridi (Finnish) comes from Finnish heksafluoridi, from Finnish heksa-, from Latin hexa-, from Ancient Greek ἑξα-, from Ancient Greek ἕξ, from Proto-Hellenic hwéks, from Proto-Indo-European swéḱs — six.
uraaniheksafluoridi (Finnish): uranium hexafluoride
Ancestry of “uraaniheksafluoridi”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | heksafluoridi | — |
| 2 | Finnish | heksa- | hexa- |
| 3 | Latin | hexa- | hexa- |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἑξα- | Forming compound words with the sense of "six" |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἕξ | six |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | hwéks | cardinal... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | swéḱs | six |