Where does “alamäkihidastin” come from?
alamäkihidastin (Finnish) comes from Finnish alamäki, from Finnish Mäki, from Finnish -lä, from Finnish -as, from Proto-Finnic -s, from Proto-Finno-Ugric -s.
alamäkihidastin (Finnish): downhill brake control
Definitions
- downhill brake control
Ancestry of “alamäkihidastin”, step by step
alamäkihidastin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish alamäki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | alamäki | decline, declivity; low part of a slope; the part... |
| 2 | Finnish | Mäki | Any of a number of small places in Finland |
| 3 | Finnish | -lä | Front vowel variant of -la |
| 4 | Finnish | -as | Forms some adjectives; Forms some nouns |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | -s | Forms nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | -s | — |
via Finnish hidastin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hidastin | a device or arrangement designed to slow down... |
| 2 | Finnish | hidastaa | to slow, slow down, slacken/reduce/cut speed,... |
| 3 | Finnish | taa | Of movement, behind; a shorter form of taakse |
| 4 | Finnish | taka | the backside; In the expression "omasta takaa"... |
| 5 | Proto-Finnic | taka | back, a place behind |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | taka | a place behind |