Where does “bittivirta” come from?

bittivirta (Finnish) comes from Finnish bitti, from English bit, from Middle English bitte, from Old English byt, from Proto-Germanic *buttjā, from Latin buttia, from Ancient Greek βούττιον, from Ancient Greek -ῐον — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

bittivirta (Finnish): bitstream

Definitions

  1. bitstream

Ancestry of “bittivirta”, step by step

bittivirta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish bitti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbittibit
2EnglishbitA piece of metal placed in a horse's mouth and...
3Middle EnglishbitteA flexible container for water or wine; a waterskin or wineskin
4Old Englishbytbottle, flagon
5Proto-Germanic*buttjā
6Latinbuttiacask, barrel
7Ancient Greekβούττιον
8Ancient Greek-ῐονdiminutive suffix; "suffix forming...
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

via Finnish virta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtaflow, stream; river; current
2Proto-Finnicvirtastream; flow, current
3Proto-Slavicvьrtъturn, enclosure
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῐονEvery word from Ancient Greek βούττιον