Where does “kuumasinkitys” come from?
kuumasinkitys (Finnish) comes from Finnish sinkitys, 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 — to eat.
kuumasinkitys (Finnish): hot-dip galvanizing, hot dipping
Definitions
- hot-dip galvanizing, hot dipping
Ancestry of “kuumasinkitys”, step by step
kuumasinkitys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish sinkitys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | sinkitys | galvanizing |
| 2 | Finnish | sinkitä | To galvanise/galvanize |
| 3 | Finnish | sinkki | zinc; cornett |
| 4 | Swedish | zink | zinc |
| 5 | German | zink | singular imperative of zinken; first-person... |
| 6 | Middle High German | zinke | tine, prong |
| 7 | Old High German | zinko | — |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | tindaz | tooth; cog; peg; tine; nail; spike; prong; peak;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |