Where does “lämmönsiirrin” come from?
lämmönsiirrin (Finnish) comes from Finnish lämpö, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
lämmönsiirrin (Finnish): heat exchanger
Ancestry of “lämmönsiirrin”, step by step
lämmönsiirrin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lämpö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lämpö | warmth, heat; heat; fever |
| 2 | Finnish | -o | Forms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms... |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | -o | Forms action/result nouns from verbs |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -w | — |
via Finnish siirrin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | siirrin | transporter |
| 2 | Finnish | -in | Suffix variant for the illative singular, see... |
| 3 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | *-in | — |
| 4 | Proto-Uralic | -ma | — |