Where does “特斯拉” come from?

特斯拉 (Chinese) comes from English Tesla, from Serbo-Croatian Tesla, from Proto-Slavic tesľa, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-dʰlo-, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

特斯拉 (Chinese): tesla unit

Definitions

  1. tesla unit

Ancestry of “特斯拉”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishTeslaA car manufactured by Tesla, Inc., a battery electric vehicle (BEV) automaker founded in 2003
2Serbo-CroatianTeslaadze
3Proto-Slavictesľaadze
4Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-dʰlo-
5Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
6Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
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