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
- 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
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | bokseri | boxer dog breed |
| 2 | English | Boxer | A Chinese anti-imperial and anti-foreigner rebel... |
| 3 | German | boxer | boxer |
| 4 | German | boxen | to box |
| 5 | Italian | boxare | to box |
| 6 | Russian | боксировать | to box |
| 7 | Russian | бокс | boxing; box; box cut |
| 8 | French | boxe | Combat sport between two adversaries; Boxing;... |
| 9 | English | box | Senses relating to a three-dimensional object or... |
| 10 | French | boxer | boxer; boxer shorts, boxers; to box |
| 11 | French | -er | Forms infinitives of first-conjugation verbs |
| 12 | English | -er | A person or thing that does an action indicated... |
| 13 | Middle English | -er | agentive suffix; agent noun suffix |
| 14 | Old French | -er | Alternative form of -ier, verbal suffix;... |
| 15 | Latin | -āre | first conjugation |
| 16 | Proto-Italic | -āō | Forms primarily denominative verbs |
| 17 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 18 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 19 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 20 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Finnish moottori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | moottori | engine, motor |
| 2 | Swedish | motor | engine, motor |
| 3 | Latin | motor | mover; that which moves something; first-person... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |