Where does “uraanikaivos” come from?
uraanikaivos (Finnish) comes from Finnish uraani, from German Uran, from Latin Ūranus, from Ancient Greek οὐρανός, from Ancient Greek ϝορσανός.
uraanikaivos (Finnish): uranium mine
Ancestry of “uraanikaivos”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | uraani | uranium; Partitive singular form of urani;... |
| 2 | German | Uran | uranium |
| 3 | Latin | Ūranus | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | οὐρανός | the vaulted sky, on which the stars were attached... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ϝορσανός | — |