Where does “lauhdevoimalaitos” come from?
lauhdevoimalaitos (Finnish) comes from Finnish lauhde, from Finnish lauhtua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend, from Old English þūsend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
lauhdevoimalaitos (Finnish): condensing power plant power plant in which the power generation is based on boiling water and then condensing the steam, especially one that uses fossil fuels for steam generation
Definitions
- condensing power plant power plant in which the power generation is based on boiling water and then condensing the steam, especially one that uses fossil fuels for steam generation
Ancestry of “lauhdevoimalaitos”, step by step
lauhdevoimalaitos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lauhde
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lauhde | condensate |
| 2 | Finnish | lauhtua | To abate; To calm down; To condense, cool |
| 3 | Finnish | -tua | Forms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs... |
| 4 | Ido | tu | you singular, thou |
| 5 | English | thou | Nominative singular of ye; To address using the... |
| 6 | English | thousand | A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10 |
| 7 | Middle English | thousend | A thousand; 1000 |
| 8 | Old English | þūsend | thousand |
| 9 | Proto-West Germanic | þūsundi | thousand |
| 10 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tewh₂- | to swell; to crowd; to be strong |
via Finnish voimalaitos
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | voimalaitos | power plant |
| 2 | Finnish | laitos | institution; faculty; facility |
| 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 |