Where does “kiihdytysauto” come from?

kiihdytysauto (Finnish) comes from Finnish auto, from Finnish automobiili, from French automobile, from French auto-, from Ancient Greek αὐτο-, from Ancient Greek αὐτός, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ew, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰe — Postpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact.

kiihdytysauto (Finnish): dragster heavily modified or custom-built vehicle used in drag racing

Definitions

  1. dragster heavily modified or custom-built vehicle used in drag racing

Ancestry of “kiihdytysauto”, step by step

kiihdytysauto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish auto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishautocar, automobile
2Finnishautomobiiliautomobile, car
3Frenchautomobileautomotive; automobile
4Frenchauto-auto- regarding oneself
5Ancient Greekαὐτο-self-
6Ancient Greekαὐτόςαὐτή f, αὐτό n; "first/second declension";...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ewaway from, off; again
8Proto-Indo-EuropeanǵʰePostpositional intensifying particle: indeed, at any rate, in fact

via Finnish kiihdytys

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkiihdytysacceleration
2Finnishkiihdyttääto accelerate; to escalate; to hasten,...
3Finnish-ttääFront vowel variant of -ttaa
4Proto-Finnic-ttadakCreates causative verbs from regular verbs,...
5Proto-Uralic-kta-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰeEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ewEvery word from Ancient Greek αὐτός