Where does “vaihtoehtohypoteesi” come from?
vaihtoehtohypoteesi (Finnish) comes from Finnish hypoteesi, from Latin hypothesis, from Ancient Greek ὑπόθεσις, from Ancient Greek ὑποτίθημι, from Ancient Greek ὑπο-, from Ancient Greek ὑπό, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
vaihtoehtohypoteesi (Finnish): alternative hypothesis
Definitions
- alternative hypothesis
Ancestry of “vaihtoehtohypoteesi”, step by step
vaihtoehtohypoteesi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish hypoteesi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hypoteesi | hypothesis |
| 2 | Latin | hypothesis | hypothesis |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὑπόθεσις | proposal, proposed action; policy, intention;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὑποτίθημι | I set before, suggest; put down, pledge; to... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ὑπο- | under, sub-, hypo-; denoting a small degree,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ὑπό | |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
via Finnish vaihtoehto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaihtoehto | alternative, option |
| 2 | Finnish | vaihto | exchange; swap; shift key |
| 3 | Finnish | vaihtaa | to change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | vaihtadak | to change |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |