Where does “laitteistokiihdytys” come from?
laitteistokiihdytys (Finnish) comes from Finnish laitteisto, from Finnish laite, from Finnish laittaa, from Proto-Finnic laittadak, from Proto-Germanic lagjaną, from Proto-Indo-European legʰ- — to lie.
laitteistokiihdytys (Finnish): hardware acceleration
Definitions
- hardware acceleration
Ancestry of “laitteistokiihdytys”, step by step
laitteistokiihdytys traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish laitteisto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | laitteisto | hardware, apparatus, equipment |
| 2 | Finnish | laite | apparatus, device; ride |
| 3 | Finnish | laittaa | to put, set, place; to prepare food; To criticize |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | laittadak | to put down |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | lagjaną | to lay, to place in a resting position |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | legʰ- | to lie |
via Finnish kiihdytys
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | kiihdytys | acceleration |
| 2 | Finnish | kiihdyttää | to accelerate; to escalate; to hasten,... |
| 3 | Finnish | -ttää | Front vowel variant of -ttaa |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | -ttadak | Creates causative verbs from regular verbs,... |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | -kta- | — |