Where does “ilmatorjuntakonekivääri” come from?
ilmatorjuntakonekivääri (Finnish) comes from Finnish konekivääri, from German Maschinengewehr, from German Maschine, from French machine, from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μαχανά, from Ancient Greek μηχανή — to be able.
ilmatorjuntakonekivääri (Finnish): anti-aircraft machine gun
Definitions
- anti-aircraft machine gun
Ancestry of “ilmatorjuntakonekivääri”, step by step
ilmatorjuntakonekivääri traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish konekivääri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | konekivääri | machine gun |
| 2 | German | Maschinengewehr | machine gun |
| 3 | German | Maschine | machine; engine; airplane |
| 4 | French | machine | machine, device; machine |
| 5 | Middle French | machine | machine; device |
| 6 | Latin | māchina | contrivance |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μαχανά | Doric form of μηχᾰνή |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | μηχανή | contrivance, machine, device, gear; way, means |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μῆχος | means, expedient, remedy |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | to be able |
via Finnish ilmatorjunta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ilmatorjunta | air defense, air defence; As modifier in compound... |
| 2 | Finnish | Ilma | air |
| 3 | Finnish | -ri | Used to create names of occupations from nouns or... |
| 4 | Finnish | -ra | Forms nouns or adjectives, mostly from nominal... |
| 5 | Finnish | -i | A nominal suffix used in eg. ukko → ukki; Used... |
| 6 | Proto-Uralic | -j | oblique plural |