Where does “avokelanauhuri” come from?
avokelanauhuri (Finnish) comes from Finnish avokela, from Finnish Kela, from Finnish Kansaneläkelaitos, from Finnish känsä, from Finnish kanssa, from Finnish kansassa, from Finnish kansa, from Proto-Finnic kansa — resin, gum; to say, speak.
avokelanauhuri (Finnish): reel-to-reel tape recorder
Definitions
- reel-to-reel tape recorder
Ancestry of “avokelanauhuri”, step by step
avokelanauhuri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish avokela
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | avokela | open reel |
| 2 | Finnish | Kela | reel, spool, bobbin device around which thread, wire, cable or something similar is wound |
| 3 | Finnish | Kansaneläkelaitos | The Social Insurance Institution of Finland official translation, a government branch that administers and provides social security benefits for all residents of Finland |
| 4 | Finnish | känsä | callus |
| 5 | Finnish | kanssa | with; also, too |
| 6 | Finnish | kansassa | — |
| 7 | Finnish | kansa | people; nation |
| 8 | Proto-Finnic | kansa | people, folk |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | hansō | A gathering, summation, mass, quantity, amount; A... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱómsōd | union; gathering; union, gathering |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱóm | beside, near, by, with |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | ḱe | Deictic particle, here; Post-positional... |
| 13 | Middle English | kyt | — |
| 14 | German | kitt | putty certain kinds of cement used for fixing e.g. window panes |
| 15 | Old High German | kuti | — |
| 16 | Proto-West Germanic | kwidu | gum, resin |
| 17 | Proto-Germanic | kweduz | resin |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷet- | resin, gum; to say, speak |