Where does “lämpöhäviö” come from?
lämpöhäviö (Finnish) comes from Finnish lämpö, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.
lämpöhäviö (Finnish): heat loss, thermal loss
Ancestry of “lämpöhäviö”, step by step
lämpöhäviö 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 häviö
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | häviö | defeat; loss |
| 2 | Finnish | -iö | Front vowel variant of -io |
| 3 | Spanish | -ijo | indicating a diminutive or despective quality |
| 4 | Proto-Bantu | ì- | Class 5 noun prefix |