Where does “autohuoltamo” come from?
autohuoltamo (Finnish) comes from Finnish huoltamo, from Finnish huoltaa, from Finnish huoli, from Proto-Finnic hooli, from Swedish hål, from Old Swedish hul, from Old Norse hól, from Proto-Germanic hulą — to cover; to incline.
autohuoltamo (Finnish): car service shop
Definitions
- car service shop
Ancestry of “autohuoltamo”, step by step
autohuoltamo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish huoltamo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | huoltamo | service station |
| 2 | Finnish | huoltaa | To maintain, support, upkeep; To service;... |
| 3 | Finnish | huoli | worry, concern; Third-person singular indicative... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | hooli | worry, concern |
| 5 | Swedish | hål | a hole; a hole, an opening in something solid; a... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | hul | — |
| 7 | Old Norse | hól | a hole |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hulą | a hollow; depression; hole |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hulaz | hollow |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱel- | to cover; to incline |
via Finnish auto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | auto | car, automobile |
| 2 | Finnish | automobiili | automobile, car |
| 3 | French | automobile | automotive; automobile |
| 4 | French | auto- | auto- regarding oneself |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | αὐτο- | self- |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | αὐτός | αὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ew | away from, off; again |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰe | Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact |