Where does “kilowattitunti” come from?

kilowattitunti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kilo-, from French kilo-, from Ancient Greek χίλιοι, from Proto-Hellenic *kʰehliyoi, from Proto-Indo-European ǵʰéslom, from Proto-Indo-European sm̥-, from Proto-Indo-European sem- — together, one.

kilowattitunti (Finnish): kilowatt-hour

Definitions

  1. kilowatt-hour

Ancestry of “kilowattitunti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkilo-kilo
2Frenchkilo-kilo
3Ancient Greekχίλιοιthousand
4Proto-Hellenic*kʰehliyoithousand
5Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰéslomthousand
6Proto-Indo-Europeansm̥-one; with, together
7Proto-Indo-Europeansem-together, one

Words derived from “kilowattitunti”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European sem- →Every word from French kilo- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European sm̥- →