Where does “laakeriöljy” come from?
laakeriöljy (Finnish) comes from Finnish öljy, from Finnish raakaöljy, from Swedish råolja, from Swedish rå, from Swedish råda, from Old Swedish rāþa, from Old Norse ráða, from Proto-Germanic rēdaną — to fit, to fix, to put together.
laakeriöljy (Finnish): bearing oil oil used to lubricate bearings
Definitions
- bearing oil oil used to lubricate bearings
Ancestry of “laakeriöljy”, step by step
laakeriöljy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish öljy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | öljy | oil; crude oil; the letter "Ö" in the Finnish... |
| 2 | Finnish | raakaöljy | crude oil |
| 3 | Swedish | råolja | crude oil |
| 4 | Swedish | rå | raw; crude; rough |
| 5 | Swedish | råda | to advise (give advice (to someone)) |
| 6 | Old Swedish | rāþa | to ensure |
| 7 | Old Norse | ráða | to advise, counsel; to consult about, discuss; to... |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | rēdaną | to decide, advise |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | Hreh₁dʰ- | to think; to arrange; to succeed, accomplish |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂reh₁- | to think, reason; to arrange |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂er- | to fit, to fix, to put together |
via Finnish laakeri
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laakeri | bearing; laurel |
| 2 | Swedish | läger | a quarter, a camp |
| 3 | Latin | laurus | laurel tree; laurels; a crown of laurel |
| 4 | English | -aceous | Of, relating to, resembling or containing the... |
| 5 | Latin | -āceus | aceous; resembling, having the nature of, forming, belonging to |
| 6 | Latin | -āx | ish, -y |
| 7 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 8 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |