Where does “elementtitehdas” come from?
elementtitehdas (Finnish) comes from Finnish elementti, from Swedish element, from Latin elementum, from Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον, from Ancient Greek στοῖχος, from Proto-Hellenic stóikʰos, from Proto-Indo-European stóygʰ-os, from Proto-Indo-European steygʰ- — to go; to climb.
elementtitehdas (Finnish): prefab factory; factory that makes prefabricated or precast elements for constructing buildings
Definitions
- prefab factory; factory that makes prefabricated or precast elements for constructing buildings
Ancestry of “elementtitehdas”, step by step
elementtitehdas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish elementti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | elementti | element; prefab |
| 2 | Swedish | element | element; basic building block of matter in... |
| 3 | Latin | elementum | one of four elements that composed the world;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | στοιχεῖον | one of a row; one of a series, a component part,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | στοῖχος | row in an ascending series; a line of poles... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | stóikʰos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | stóygʰ-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | steygʰ- | to go; to climb |