Where does “yhdistelmäpilleri” come from?
yhdistelmäpilleri (Finnish) comes from Finnish pilleri, from Swedish piller, from Latin pilula, from Latin pila, from Latin pīlus, from Latin pīlum, from Proto-Italic pistlom, from Proto-Indo-European pis-tlo- — to grind, to crush.
yhdistelmäpilleri (Finnish): combined (contraceptive) pill
Definitions
- combined (contraceptive) pill
Ancestry of “yhdistelmäpilleri”, step by step
yhdistelmäpilleri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish pilleri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pilleri | pill |
| 2 | Swedish | piller | a pill |
| 3 | Latin | pilula | A small ball, globule; pellet; A pill |
| 4 | Latin | pila | mortar; pillar; pier |
| 5 | Latin | pīlus | a hair |
| 6 | Latin | pīlum | a pounder, pestle |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | pistlom | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | pis-tlo- | — |
| 9 | 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 | — |