Where does “vastemuuttuja” come from?

vastemuuttuja (Finnish) comes from Finnish vaste, from Finnish -e, from Finnish hartia, from Serbo-Croatian hartija, from Greek χαρτί, from Koine Greek χαρτίον, from Ancient Greek χάρτης, from Ancient Greek χαράσσω — to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines.

vastemuuttuja (Finnish): response variable

Definitions

  1. response variable

Ancestry of “vastemuuttuja”, step by step

vastemuuttuja traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vaste

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvastereaction; output; response
2Finnish-eUsed for forming nouns from verbs or adjectives
3Finnishhartiashoulder
4Serbo-Croatianhartijapaper
5Greekχαρτίpaper
6Koine Greekχαρτίονpaper, papyrus
7Ancient Greekχάρτηςsheet of paper, paper; book
8Ancient Greekχαράσσωto sharpen; to engrave, carve, write, draw, stamp
9Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰer-to yearn for; to enclose; bowels, intestines

via Finnish muuttuja

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmuuttujavariable; variable star
2Finnishice
3Proto-Finno-Ugric*ja
4Proto-Germanicjahwand, also
5Proto-Germanic-hwand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
6Proto-Germanic-hwe
7Proto-Indo-European-kʷeand; Forms distributives from interrogatives
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰer-Every word from Ancient Greek χαράσσωEvery word from Ancient Greek χάρτης