Where does “apuvoimalaite” come from?

apuvoimalaite (Finnish) comes from Finnish laite, from Finnish laittaa, from Proto-Finnic laittadak, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

apuvoimalaite (Finnish): auxiliary power unit

Definitions

  1. auxiliary power unit

Ancestry of “apuvoimalaite”, step by step

apuvoimalaite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish laite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaiteapparatus, device; ride
2Finnishlaittaato put, set, place; to prepare food; To criticize
3Proto-Finniclaittadakto put down
4Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
5Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

via Finnish apuvoima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishapuvoimaauxiliary power; help; reinforcements
2Finnishvoimapower, strength, force, might; force; power
3Proto-Finnicvoimapower, strength, force, might
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →