Where does “hukkalämpö” come from?
hukkalämpö (Finnish) comes from Finnish lämpö, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
hukkalämpö (Finnish): waste heat
Ancestry of “hukkalämpö”, step by step
hukkalämpö traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lämpö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lämpö | warmth, heat; heat; fever |
| 2 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish hukka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | hukka | waste, loss; often used as head of compound... |
| 2 | Proto-Finnic | hukka | loss; ruin, destruction |