Where does “bokserimoottori” come from?

bokserimoottori (Finnish) comes from Finnish bokseri, from English Boxer, from German boxer, from German boxen, from Italian boxare, from Russian боксировать, from Russian бокс, from French boxe — he, she.

bokserimoottori (Finnish): boxer, boxer engine, flat engine type of internal combustion engine

Definitions

  1. boxer, boxer engine, flat engine type of internal combustion engine

Ancestry of “bokserimoottori”, step by step

bokserimoottori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish bokseri

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbokseriboxer dog breed
2EnglishBoxerA Chinese anti-imperial and anti-foreigner rebel...
3Germanboxerboxer
4Germanboxento box
5Italianboxareto box
6Russianбоксироватьto box
7Russianбоксboxing; box; box cut
8FrenchboxeCombat sport between two adversaries; Boxing;...
9EnglishboxSenses relating to a three-dimensional object or...
10Frenchboxerboxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box
11French-erForms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs
12English-erA person or thing that does an action indicated...
13Middle English-eragentive suffix; agent noun suffix
14Old French-erAlternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;...
15Latin-ārefirst conjugation
16Proto-Italic-āōForms primarily denominative verbs
17Proto-Indo-European-eh₂yétiCreates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive...
18Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
19Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-
20Chichewaiyehe, she

via Finnish moottori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmoottoriengine, motor
2Swedishmotorengine, motor
3Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s
Every word from Chichewa iye