Where does “gigawatti” come from?

gigawatti (Finnish) comes from Finnish watti, from English Watt — Watt, a king of Sussex.

gigawatti (Finnish): gigawatt

Definitions

  1. gigawatt

Ancestry of “gigawatti”, step by step

gigawatti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish watti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishwattiwatt
2EnglishWattWatt, a king of Sussex

via Finnish giga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishgigaShort for gigatavu; Short for gigabitti
Every word from English Watt →Every word from Finnish watti →