Where does “lauhdutusvoimalaitos” come from?
lauhdutusvoimalaitos (Finnish) comes from Finnish lauhdutus, from Finnish lauhduttaa, from Finnish lauhtua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from Spanish tú, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз.
Ancestry of “lauhdutusvoimalaitos”, step by step
lauhdutusvoimalaitos traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lauhdutus
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lauhdutus | condensing transforming from a gaseous state into a liquid state |
| 2 | Finnish | lauhduttaa | to condense |
| 3 | Finnish | lauhtua | To abate; To calm down; To condense, cool |
| 4 | Finnish | -tua | Forms inchoative or passive intransitive verbs... |
| 5 | Ido | tu | you singular, thou |
| 6 | Spanish | tú | you; thou |
| 7 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 8 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 9 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 10 | Polish | tu | here |
| 11 | Polish | być | to be |
| 12 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 13 | Old Polish | móc | can, may, to be able to |
| 14 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
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 |