Where does “bitumikeitin” come from?
bitumikeitin (Finnish) comes from Finnish bitumi, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.
bitumikeitin (Finnish): bitumen boiler
Ancestry of “bitumikeitin”, step by step
bitumikeitin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish bitumi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | bitumi | bitumen |
| 2 | Latin | bitūmen | mineral pitch, bitumen |
| 3 | Latin | -men | forms neuter nouns of the third declension |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | *-mn̥ | — |
via Finnish keitin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | keitin | cooker; short for kahvinkeitin; electric kettle |
| 2 | Finnish | keittää | To boil; to boil over; To cook; To cook up |
| 3 | Proto-Uralic | keje- | — |