Where does “hitausmomentti” come from?

hitausmomentti (Finnish) comes from Finnish momentti, from Swedish moment, from Latin mōmentum, from Latin mōvimentum, from Latin -mentum, from Latin -menta, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

hitausmomentti (Finnish): moment of inertia

Definitions

  1. moment of inertia

Ancestry of “hitausmomentti”, step by step

hitausmomentti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish momentti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmomenttia moment, phase, point, element; moment; A...
2Swedishmomenta step in a process
3Latinmōmentummovement, motion, impulse; course
4Latinmōvimentummovement
5Latin-mentuminstrument, medium, or result of; e.g....
6Latin-mentanominative plural of -mentum; accusative plural...
7Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

via Finnish hitaus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishhitausslowness; inertia
2Finnishhidasslow
3Proto-Germanicsīþaz
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥Every word from Latin -mentumEvery word from Latin mōvimentum