Where does “vuorokausirytmi” come from?
vuorokausirytmi (Finnish) comes from Finnish rytmi, from Swedish rytm, from Latin rhythmus, from Ancient Greek ῥυθμός, from Ancient Greek ῥέω, from Proto-Indo-European srew-, from Proto-Indo-European ser- — to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together.
vuorokausirytmi (Finnish): circadian rhythm
Definitions
- circadian rhythm
Ancestry of “vuorokausirytmi”, step by step
vuorokausirytmi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish rytmi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rytmi | rhythm |
| 2 | Swedish | rytm | rhythm |
| 3 | Latin | rhythmus | rhythm |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ῥυθμός | a repeating, regular motion, vibration; measured... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ῥέω | I flow, stream, run, gush; I let flow, pour; I... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | srew- | to flow, stream |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ser- | to flow; to guard; to bind, to tie together |
via Finnish vuorokausi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vuorokausi | day |
| 2 | Finnish | kausi | period, age, epoch, season; term; period |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | kauci | (section of a) road, way, path; part of a journey |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Permic | kawte | road? way? passage ? |