Where does “yhdistelmäehkäisypilleri” come from?
yhdistelmäehkäisypilleri (Finnish) comes from Finnish ehkäisypilleri, from Finnish pilleri, from Swedish piller, from Latin pilula, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom — to grind, to crush.
yhdistelmäehkäisypilleri (Finnish): combined birth control pill
Definitions
- combined birth control pill
Ancestry of “yhdistelmäehkäisypilleri”, step by step
yhdistelmäehkäisypilleri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ehkäisypilleri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ehkäisypilleri | contraceptive pill |
| 2 | Finnish | pilleri | pill |
| 3 | Swedish | piller | a pill |
| 4 | Latin | pilula | A small ball, globule; pellet; A pill |
| 5 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 6 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 7 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | peys- | to grind, to crush |
via Finnish yhdistelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yhdistelmä | A combination; A short form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | mä | I |
| 3 | Finnish | minä | I; ego; self |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 5 | Uralic | *minä | — |