Where does “lämpövirta” come from?

lämpövirta (Finnish) comes from Finnish lämpö, from Finnish -o, from Proto-Finnic -o, from Proto-Uralic -w.

lämpövirta (Finnish): heat flow

Definitions

  1. heat flow

Ancestry of “lämpövirta”, step by step

lämpövirta traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish lämpö

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishlämpöwarmth, heat; heat; fever
2Finnish-oForms result or action nouns from verbs; Forms...
3Proto-Finnic-oForms action/result nouns from verbs
4Proto-Uralic-w—

via Finnish virta

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvirtaflow, stream; river; current
2Proto-Finnicvirtastream; flow, current
3Proto-Slavicvьrtъturn, enclosure
Every word from Proto-Uralic -w →Every word from Finnish -o →Every word from Proto-Finnic -o →