Where does “kilovoltti” come from?
kilovoltti (Finnish) comes from Finnish voltti, from Swedish volt, from German Volte, from French volte, from Italian volta, from Vulgar Latin volta, from Latin volatus, from Latin volō — to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing.
kilovoltti (Finnish): kilovolt
Definitions
- kilovolt
Ancestry of “kilovoltti”, step by step
kilovoltti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish voltti
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | voltti | somersault; frontflip; volt |
| 2 | Swedish | volt | a somersault; a jump where one turns one or more... |
| 3 | German | Volte | volt, volte; maneuver, move; magical cut |
| 4 | French | volte | — |
| 5 | Italian | volta | time, instance, occasion; turn; vault |
| 6 | Vulgar Latin | volta | nominative/accusative/vocative plural of voltum |
| 7 | Latin | volatus | flown, having been flown; flying; flight |
| 8 | Latin | volō | to wish, to please |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | gʷelāō | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelh₁-éh₂-ye-ti | to throw, raise the arm |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | gʷelH- | to throw, reach, pierce; to hit by throwing |