Where does “vektorilaskenta” come from?

vektorilaskenta (Finnish) comes from Finnish vektori, from Latin vector, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

vektorilaskenta (Finnish): vector calculus

Definitions

  1. vector calculus

Ancestry of “vektorilaskenta”, step by step

vektorilaskenta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish vektori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvektorivector
2Latinvectorbearer, carrier; passenger; first-person singular...
3Latin-tor-er
4Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
5Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
6Proto-Indo-European-tor-s—

via Finnish laskenta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaskentacomputation, calculation; calculus
2Finnishlaskeato lower, drop; to put down, set down, lay down;...
3Proto-Finniclaskedakto drop, to fall; to release; to let, to allow
4Proto-Uraliclaćke-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s →Every word from Latin -tor →Every word from Latin vector →