Where does “vuosimiljardi” come from?

vuosimiljardi (Finnish) comes from Finnish miljardi, from French milliard, from French million, from Middle French million, from Old French millon, from Italian milione, from Italian mille, from Latin Mīlle.

vuosimiljardi (Finnish): A period of one billion years; gigayear

Definitions

  1. A period of one billion years; gigayear

Ancestry of “vuosimiljardi”, step by step

vuosimiljardi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish miljardi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmiljardiA milliard, 10
2FrenchmilliardA milliard
3Frenchmillionmillion, 10
4Middle Frenchmillionmillion, 10
5Old Frenchmillon—
6Italianmilionemillion
7Italianmillethousand
8LatinMīllethousand; 1000
9Proto-Italicsmīɣeslīthousand
10Proto-Indo-Europeansmih₂ǵʰéslih₂—

via Finnish vuosi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvuosiyear
2Proto-Finnicvoociyear
3Proto-Finnicoote—
4Proto-Uralicëdeyear
Every word from Proto-Indo-European smih₂ǵʰéslih₂ →Every word from Proto-Italic smīɣeslī →Every word from Latin Mīlle →