Where does “betoniholvi” come from?

betoniholvi (Finnish) comes from Finnish betoni, from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

betoniholvi (Finnish): concrete vault

Definitions

  1. concrete vault

Ancestry of “betoniholvi”, step by step

betoniholvi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish betoni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbetoniconcrete
2Frenchbétonconcrete; to drop
3Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥—

via Finnish holvi

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishholvivault; fornix
2SwedishhvalfObsolete spelling of valv; vault
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →
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