Where does “kuumasinkitä” come from?
kuumasinkitä (Finnish) comes from Finnish sinkitä, from Finnish sinkki, from Swedish zink, from German zink, from Middle High German zinke, from Old High German zinko, from Proto-Germanic tindaz, from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts — to eat.
kuumasinkitä (Finnish): to galvanize by hot dipping
Definitions
- to galvanize by hot dipping
Ancestry of “kuumasinkitä”, step by step
kuumasinkitä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sinkitä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sinkitä | To galvanise/galvanize |
| 2 | Finnish | sinkki | zinc; cornett |
| 3 | Swedish | zink | zinc |
| 4 | German | zink | singular imperative of zinken; first-person... |
| 5 | Middle High German | zinke | tine, prong |
| 6 | Old High German | zinko | — |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | tindaz | tooth; cog; peg; tine; nail; spike; prong; peak;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |