Where does “vedenläpäisy” come from?
vedenläpäisy (Finnish) comes from Finnish läpäisy, from Finnish läpäistä, from Finnish läpi, from Tagalog lapi, from Spanish lápiz, from Italian lapis, from Latin lapis, from Proto-Italic *lapets — stone.
vedenläpäisy (Finnish): penetration of water
Definitions
- penetration of water
Ancestry of “vedenläpäisy”, step by step
vedenläpäisy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish läpäisy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | läpäisy | piercing, penetrating, making a hole |
| 2 | Finnish | läpäistä | to pierce, penetrate; to make a hole; to hole |
| 3 | Finnish | läpi | hole window, shutter, door; mouth, hole; through |
| 4 | Tagalog | lapi | joining or attaching a part to a whole; affix |
| 5 | Spanish | lápiz | pencil |
| 6 | Italian | lapis | pencil; sanguine |
| 7 | Latin | lapis | a stone; a milestone; a boundary stone |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *lapets | stone |