Where does “vertailusäde” come from?
vertailusäde (Finnish) comes from Finnish vertailu, from Finnish vertailla, from Finnish verrata, from Finnish verta, from Proto-Finnic verta, from Proto-Germanic werþaz, from Proto-Indo-European wert-, from Proto-Indo-European wer- — to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel.
vertailusäde (Finnish): reference beam beam used as a reference in e.g. spectrophotometry or holography
Definitions
- reference beam beam used as a reference in e.g. spectrophotometry or holography
Ancestry of “vertailusäde”, step by step
vertailusäde traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish vertailu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vertailu | comparison |
| 2 | Finnish | vertailla | To compare |
| 3 | Finnish | verrata | to compare, contrast |
| 4 | Finnish | verta | match equal or superior in comparison now mostly used in a number of idiomatic expressions |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | verta | match equal or superior in comparison |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | werþaz | worthy, valuable |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |
via Finnish Säde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | Säde | — |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | sadek | precipitation |
| 3 | Polish | -ek | masculine diminutive noun suffix |
| 4 | Polish | -ny | Forms masculine adjectives |
| 5 | Latin | temporālis | of or belonging to time, lasting but for a time, temporary, temporal |
| 6 | Latin | tempus | time, period, age; season; kairos, right time,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | tempos | stretch |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | temp- | to extend, stretch, span; to stetch, string; to... |