Where does “kehälavetti” come from?
kehälavetti (Finnish) comes from Finnish lavetti, from Swedish lavett, from German Lafette, from French l'affût, from French affût, from Old French affeul, from Latin fūstis, from Latin -ārium.
kehälavetti (Finnish): a rotating carriage, such for an anti-aircraft machine gun
Definitions
- a rotating carriage, such for an anti-aircraft machine gun
Ancestry of “kehälavetti”, step by step
kehälavetti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lavetti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lavetti | wheeled transport platform for heavy equipment |
| 2 | Swedish | lavett | gun carriage |
| 3 | German | Lafette | gun carriage |
| 4 | French | l'affût | — |
| 5 | French | affût | gun carriage; mount, tripod; hide, blind |
| 6 | Old French | affeul | — |
| 7 | Latin | fūstis | a knobbed stick, a cudgel, staff, club |
| 8 | Latin | -ārium | used primarily to form nouns of purpose from other nouns, such as places where things are kept or objects used for a particular end |
| 9 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |