Where does “lajittelulaite” come from?
lajittelulaite (Finnish) comes from Finnish lajittelu, from Finnish lajitella, from Finnish lajittaa, from Finnish laji, from Old Swedish slagh, from Middle Low German slach, from Old Saxon slag, from Proto-West Germanic slagi — to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,...
lajittelulaite (Finnish): sorting device, sorter
Definitions
- sorting device, sorter
Ancestry of “lajittelulaite”, step by step
lajittelulaite traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lajittelu
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lajittelu | sorting |
| 2 | Finnish | lajitella | to sort; to classify, categorize; to size |
| 3 | Finnish | lajittaa | Alternative form of lajitella |
| 4 | Finnish | laji | kind, sort; species; sport |
| 5 | Old Swedish | slagh | — |
| 6 | Middle Low German | slach | — |
| 7 | Old Saxon | slag | — |
| 8 | Proto-West Germanic | slagi | blow, strike |
| 9 | Swedish | slagg | slag metallurgical waste material |
| 10 | Low German | slagge | — |
| 11 | Middle Low German | slagge | — |
| 12 | Middle Low German | slān | to hit, strike |
| 13 | Old Saxon | slāhan | to hit |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | slahan | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | slahaną | to hit, to strike; to kill |
| 16 | Proto-Indo-European | slak- | to hit; strike; to hit, strike, throw; to hit,... |