Where does “T-palkki” come from?
T-palkki (Finnish) comes from Finnish t, from Finnish tavu, from Finnish tavata, from Swedish stava, from Swedish stav, from Old Swedish staver, from Old Norse stafr, from Proto-Norse ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ — to stand still; to harden.
T-palkki (Finnish): T-beam beam with cross-section shaped like the capital letter T
Definitions
- T-beam beam with cross-section shaped like the capital letter T
Ancestry of “T-palkki”, step by step
T-palkki traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish t
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | t | Abbreviation of tavu |
| 2 | Finnish | tavu | syllable; byte |
| 3 | Finnish | tavata | to meet; to meet up; to find, to catch |
| 4 | Swedish | stava | to spell; to write the individual letters of a... |
| 5 | Swedish | stav | a staff, a rod; a letter |
| 6 | Old Swedish | staver | staff, cane |
| 7 | Old Norse | stafr | staff |
| 8 | Proto-Norse | ᛋᛏᚼᛒᚼ | — |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | stabaz | staff, stick |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | stebʰ- | to stand still; to harden |
via Finnish pälkki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | pälkki | beam, balk, girder long piece of timber, metal or concrete used in construction as horizontal support |
| 2 | Swedish | balk | a wooden or metal beam; a bend |
| 3 | English | balker | One who, or that which balks; A person who stands... |
| 4 | English | balk | An uncultivated ridge formed in the open field... |
| 5 | Middle English | balke | balk, ridge, beam; Alternative form of bakke |
| 6 | Old English | balca | balk, beam; bank, ridge; a covering |
| 7 | Old Norse | balkr | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | balkô | beam, balk |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰelǵ- | to balk, beam |