Where does “laavalamppu” come from?
laavalamppu (Finnish) comes from Finnish lamppu, from Swedish lämpa, from Old Norse lampi, from Middle Low German lampe, from Latin lampas, from Ancient Greek λαμπάς, from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ς, from Proto-Indo-European -ónts — sound, voice.
laavalamppu (Finnish): lava lamp
Definitions
- lava lamp
Ancestry of “laavalamppu”, step by step
laavalamppu traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lamppu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lamppu | lamp; light bulb |
| 2 | Swedish | lämpa | to be suitable; to dump, to unload |
| 3 | Old Norse | lampi | — |
| 4 | Middle Low German | lampe | — |
| 5 | Latin | lampas | lamp, lantern; torch, flambeau; firebrand |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λαμπάς | torch, wax-light; lamp |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 9 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 10 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 11 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 12 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 13 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | voice (of human or animal); sound |
| 14 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |
via Finnish läävä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | läävä | sheepfold, pen for sheep; barn, cowhouse; a... |
| 2 | Italian | lava | third-person singular present indicative of... |
| 3 | Neapolitan | lava | a torrent of rain which washed the streets |
| 4 | Latin | lābēs | fall, collapse |
| 5 | Latin | lābor | work |
| 6 | Old Latin | labos | — |
| 7 | Romanian | labă | palm; paw |
| 8 | Hungarian | láb | leg; foot; support, stand |
| 9 | Proto-Uralic | luwe | bone |
| 10 | Proto-Iranian | *Hrawpācáh | fox |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | *Hrawpāćás | fox |