Where does “kolmivaihemoottori” come from?

kolmivaihemoottori (Finnish) comes from Finnish moottori, from Swedish motor, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.

kolmivaihemoottori (Finnish): three-phase motor

Definitions

  1. three-phase motor

Ancestry of “kolmivaihemoottori”, step by step

kolmivaihemoottori traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish moottori

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmoottoriengine, motor
2Swedishmotorengine, motor
3Latinmotormover; that which moves something; first-person...
4Latin-tor-er
5Proto-Italic-tōrForms agent nouns to verb stems
6Proto-Indo-European-tōrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...
7Proto-Indo-European-tor-s

via Finnish kolmivaiheinen

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkolmivaiheinenthree-phase, triphasic
2Finnishkolmi-tri-, three-, triple
3Finnishkolmethree
4Finnishkolmitri-
5Proto-Uralic*kolme
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tor-sEvery word from Latin -torEvery word from Latin motor