Where does “gigawattitunti” come from?

gigawattitunti (Finnish) comes from Finnish wattitunti, from Finnish tunti, from Old Swedish stund.

gigawattitunti (Finnish): gigawatt-hour

Definitions

  1. gigawatt-hour

Ancestry of “gigawattitunti”, step by step

gigawattitunti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish wattitunti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishwattituntiwatt-hour
2Finnishtuntihour; lesson, class
3Old Swedishstund—

via Finnish giga

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishgigaShort for gigatavu; Short for gigabitti
Every word from Old Swedish stund →Every word from Finnish tunti →Every word from Finnish wattitunti →
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