Where does “ilmanvaihtokanava” come from?

ilmanvaihtokanava (Finnish) comes from Finnish kanava, from Russian кана́ва, from Polish kanał, from Italian canale, from Latin canālis, from Latin canna, from Ancient Greek κάννα, from Akkadian 𒄀 — reed; a certain unit of length.

ilmanvaihtokanava (Finnish): ventilation duct

Definitions

  1. ventilation duct

Ancestry of “ilmanvaihtokanava”, step by step

ilmanvaihtokanava traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kanava

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkanavacanal; channel; duct
2Russianкана́ваditch, gutter, drain, trench
3Polishkanałchannel, canal; feed
4Italiancanalechannel; canal; conduit
5Latincanālisa pipe, spout, channel, conduit
6LatincannaA reed, cane; Anything made of reed or cane;...
7Ancient Greekκάνναgiant reed; reed mat
8Akkadian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length
9Sumerian𒄀reed; a certain unit of length

via Finnish ilmanvaihto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishilmanvaihtoventilation
2Finnishvaihtoexchange; swap; shift key
3Finnishvaihtaato change, replace; to exchange, switch; to swap
4Proto-Finnicvaihtadakto change
5Proto-Finnic-tadakForms verbs from both nominal and verbal stems
6Proto-Uralic-ta-Forms verbs from nouns; Forms causative verbs...
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