Where does “betonirakenne” come from?
betonirakenne (Finnish) comes from Finnish betoni, from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
betonirakenne (Finnish): concrete structure
Definitions
- concrete structure
Ancestry of “betonirakenne”, step by step
betonirakenne traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish betoni
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | betoni | concrete |
| 2 | French | béton | concrete; to drop |
| 3 | Latin | bitūmen | mineral pitch, bitumen |
| 4 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |
via Finnish rakenne
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | rakenne | structure; texture |
| 2 | Finnish | rakentaa | to build, construct |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | rakentadak | — |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | rakkɜ- | to make, prepare, build |