Where does “bensiinigallona” come from?
bensiinigallona (Finnish) comes from Finnish gallona, from English gallon, from Middle English gallon, from Norman galun, from Latin galum, from Vulgar Latin *galla, from Gaulish gallā, from Proto-Germanic gallǭ — to flourish; green, yellow.
bensiinigallona (Finnish): A gallon of gasoline
Definitions
- A gallon of gasoline
Ancestry of “bensiinigallona”, step by step
bensiinigallona traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish gallona
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | gallona | gallon |
| 2 | English | gallon | A unit of volume, equivalent to eight pints;... |
| 3 | Middle English | gallon | — |
| 4 | Norman | galun | — |
| 5 | Latin | galum | — |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | *galla | — |
| 7 | Gaulish | gallā | vessel |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | gallǭ | gall, bile |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵʰelh₃- | to flourish; green, yellow |
via Finnish bensiini
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | bensiini | gasoline US, petrol UK |
| 2 | Swedish | bensin | gasoline, petrol |
| 3 | German | Benzin | petrol, gasoline |
| 4 | German | -īn | creates the female form for many nouns for living beings; umlaut usually occurs in monosyllables, but rarely in polysyllables |
| 5 | Latin | -īnus | of or pertaining to; -ine |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -īnos | of/belonging to |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHnos | Creates adjectives of materials |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -no- | adjectival suffix |