Where does “vertaisarviointi” come from?
vertaisarviointi (Finnish) comes from Finnish arviointi, from Finnish arvioida, from Finnish arvio, from Finnish arvata, from Finnish ennalta, from Finnish -lta, from Proto-Finnic -lta — Ablative case ending.
vertaisarviointi (Finnish): A peer review
Definitions
- A peer review
Ancestry of “vertaisarviointi”, step by step
vertaisarviointi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish arviointi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | arviointi | evaluation; review, criticism; valuation |
| 2 | Finnish | arvioida | To estimate, evaluate, determine, judge, rate,... |
| 3 | Finnish | arvio | estimate, assessment |
| 4 | Finnish | arvata | to guess |
| 5 | Finnish | ennalta | beforehand |
| 6 | Finnish | -lta | forms the ablative case |
| 7 | Proto-Finnic | -lta | Ablative case ending |
via Finnish vertainen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vertainen | equal, peer |
| 2 | Finnish | verta | match equal or superior in comparison now mostly used in a number of idiomatic expressions |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | verta | match equal or superior in comparison |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | werþaz | worthy, valuable |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | wert- | to turn, to rotate |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | wer- | to burn; to cover, heed, notice; squirrel |