Where does “neodīms” come from?

neodīms (Latvian) comes from Ancient Greek νέος, from Latin fēlēs, from Hungarian fél, from Proto-Uralic pide, from Finnish pitää, from Proto-Finnic pitädäk, from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-.

neodīms (Latvian): neodymium

Definitions

  1. neodymium

Ancestry of “neodīms”, step by step

neodīms traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek νέος

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekνέοςyoung; youthful; new, fresh
2Latinfēlēscat
3Hungarianfélto fear, to be afraid of something; to fear...
4Proto-Uralicpidetall
5Finnishpitääto hold, grasp, grip; to keep, take; to like, be...
6Proto-Finnicpitädäkto hold, to grasp; to keep
7Proto-Finno-Ugricpitä-

via New Latin didymium

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1New Latindidymium
2Ancient GreekΔίδυμοςdouble; twofold
3Ancient Greekδύοtwo
4Proto-Hellenic*dúwotwo
5Proto-Indo-Europeandwóh₁two
Every word from Proto-Finno-Ugric pitä-Every word from Proto-Finnic pitädäkEvery word from Finnish pitää
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