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Where does “atk-laitteisto” come from?

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

atk-laitteisto (Finnish): data processing equipment

Definitions

  1. data processing equipment

Ancestry of “atk-laitteisto”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlaitteistohardware, apparatus, equipment
2Finnishlaiteapparatus, device; ride
3Finnishlaittaato put, set, place; to prepare food; To criticize
4Proto-Finniclaittadakto put down
5Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie
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