Where does “kevytbetoni” come from?

kevytbetoni (Finnish) comes from Finnish betoni, from French béton, from Latin bitūmen, from Latin -men, from Proto-Italic *-mn̥.

kevytbetoni (Finnish): autoclaved aerated concrete, AAC

Definitions

  1. autoclaved aerated concrete, AAC

Ancestry of “kevytbetoni”, step by step

kevytbetoni traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish betoni

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishbetoniconcrete
2Frenchbétonconcrete; to drop
3Latinbitūmenmineral pitch, bitumen
4Latin-menforms neuter nouns of the third declension
5Proto-Italic*-mn̥

via Finnish kevyt

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkevytlight, lightweight
2Finnishkeveälightweight
3Proto-Finnickepedälight, of little weight
4Proto-Uralickepälight, of little weight

Words derived from “kevytbetoni

Every word from Proto-Italic *-mn̥Every word from Latin -menEvery word from Latin bitūmen