Where does “vaihtoesteröinti” come from?
vaihtoesteröinti (Finnish) comes from Finnish esteröinti, from Finnish esteröidä, from Finnish Esteri, from German Ester, from Latin Esthēr, from Ancient Greek Ἐσθήρ, from Hebrew אֶסְתֵּר.
vaihtoesteröinti (Finnish): transesterification
Definitions
- transesterification
Ancestry of “vaihtoesteröinti”, step by step
vaihtoesteröinti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish esteröinti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | esteröinti | esterification |
| 2 | Finnish | esteröidä | to esterify |
| 3 | Finnish | Esteri | Esther's |
| 4 | German | Ester | ester |
| 5 | Latin | Esthēr | Esther |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἐσθήρ | Esther |
| 7 | Hebrew | אֶסְתֵּר | — |
via Finnish vaihto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vaihto | exchange; swap; shift key |
| 2 | Finnish | vaihtaa | to change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | vaihtadak | to change |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -tadak | Forms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -ta- | Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs... |