Where does “autokaistaravintola” come from?

autokaistaravintola (Finnish) comes from Finnish autokaista, from Finnish auto, from Finnish automobiili, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

autokaistaravintola (Finnish): drive-through, drive-thru, drive-through restaurant

Definitions

  1. drive-through, drive-thru, drive-through restaurant

Ancestry of “autokaistaravintola”, step by step

autokaistaravintola traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish autokaista

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishautokaistadrive-through; car lane
2Finnishautocar, automobile
3Finnishautomobiiliautomobile, car
4Frenchautomobileautomotive; automobile
5Frenchauto-auto- regarding oneself
6Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
7Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
9Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

via Finnish ravintola

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishravintolarestaurant
2Finnishravintonutrition, nourishment, nutriment; nutritional
3Finnish-ntö
4Finnish-möFront vowel variant of -mo
5Finnish-iA nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used...
6Proto-Uralic-joblique plural
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewEvery word from Ancient Greek αὐτός