Where does “betonilähiö” come from?

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

betonilähiö (Finnish): concrete suburb

Definitions

  1. concrete suburb

Ancestry of “betonilähiö”, step by step

betonilähiö 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 lähiö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlähiösuburb
2Finnish-iöFront vowel variant of -io
3Spanish-ijoindicating a diminutive or despective quality
4Proto-Bantuì-Class 5 noun prefix
Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥ →Every word from Latin -men →Every word from Latin bitūmen →