Where does “ilmatorjuntapanssarivaunu” come from?
ilmatorjuntapanssarivaunu (Finnish) comes from Finnish panssarivaunu, from German Panzerwagen, from German wägen, from Middle High German wāgen, from Middle High German wāge, from Middle Low German wāge, from Old Saxon wag, from Proto-West Germanic wāg — to bring; to transport.
ilmatorjuntapanssarivaunu (Finnish): self-propelled anti-aircraft gun
Definitions
- self-propelled anti-aircraft gun
Ancestry of “ilmatorjuntapanssarivaunu”, step by step
ilmatorjuntapanssarivaunu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish panssarivaunu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | panssarivaunu | A tank |
| 2 | German | Panzerwagen | armoured car |
| 3 | German | wägen | to weigh something |
| 4 | Middle High German | wāgen | — |
| 5 | Middle High German | wāge | wave; scale |
| 6 | Middle Low German | wāge | wave |
| 7 | Old Saxon | wag | wave |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | wāg | wave |
| 9 | Proto-Germanic | wēgaz | wave; sea |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | weǵʰ- | to bring; to transport |
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 |