Where does “yhtäläisyysmerkki” come from?
yhtäläisyysmerkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish yhtäläisyys, from Finnish yhtäläinen, from Finnish lainen, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
yhtäläisyysmerkki (Finnish): equal sign
Definitions
- equal sign
Ancestry of “yhtäläisyysmerkki”, step by step
yhtäläisyysmerkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish yhtäläisyys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yhtäläisyys | similarity; resemblance |
| 2 | Finnish | yhtäläinen | equal; identical |
| 3 | Finnish | lainen | that is like; -like |
| 4 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 5 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 9 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 10 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 12 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 13 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |