Where does “lämpösiili” come from?
lämpösiili (Finnish) comes from Finnish siili, from Estonian siil, from Proto-Finnic siili, from Proto-Finno-Ugric śijele — hedgehog.
lämpösiili (Finnish): heat sink with fins
Ancestry of “lämpösiili”, step by step
lämpösiili traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish siili
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Finnish | siili | hedgehog; hedgehog, European hedgehog, common... |
| 2 | Estonian | siil | hedgehog |
| 3 | Proto-Finnic | siili | hedgehog |
| 4 | Proto-Finno-Ugric | śijele | hedgehog |
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 | — |