Where does “nanotesla” come from?
nanotesla (English) 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.
nanotesla (English): An SI unit equal to one billionth of a tesla
Definitions
- An SI unit equal to one billionth of a tesla
Ancestry of “nanotesla”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | Tesla | — |
| 2 | Serbo-Croatian | Tesla | — |
| 3 | Proto-Slavic | tesľa | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱ-dʰlo- | — |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tetḱ- | to create, produce; to cut, hew |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |