Where does “elektroniikkalaiteromu” come from?

elektroniikkalaiteromu (Finnish) comes from Finnish elektroniikkalaite, from Finnish elektroniikka, from English electronics, from English -ics, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem — in.

elektroniikkalaiteromu (Finnish): waste electronic equipment, electronic waste

Definitions

  1. waste electronic equipment, electronic waste

Ancestry of “elektroniikkalaiteromu”, step by step

elektroniikkalaiteromu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish elektroniikkalaite

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishelektroniikkalaiteelectronic device, electronic equipment
2Finnishelektroniikkaelectronics
3EnglishelectronicsThe study and use of electrical devices that...
4English-icsForms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or...
5English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
6EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
7Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
8Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
9Spanishimagenimage
10Italianimmagineimage; imago
11Latinimāginem
12Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
13Latinīn-un-, non-, not
14Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
15Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
16Proto-Italicenin
17Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via Finnish romu

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishromuscrap, junk, especially one that consists of...
2Finnish-uForms nouns from verbs. Most common with "e"- and...
3Proto-Finnic-uForms nouns from adjectives, nouns
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én