Where does “lämpövoimalaitos” come from?

lämpövoimalaitos (Finnish) comes from Finnish voimalaitos, from Finnish laitos, from Finnish laittaa, from Proto-Finnic laittadak, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.

Ancestry of “lämpövoimalaitos”, step by step

lämpövoimalaitos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish voimalaitos

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishvoimalaitospower plant
2Finnishlaitosinstitution; faculty; facility
3Finnishlaittaato put, set, place; to prepare food; To criticize
4Proto-Finniclaittadakto put down
5Proto-Germaniclagjanąto lay, to place in a resting position
6Proto-Indo-Europeanlegʰ-to lie

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—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- →