Where does “lauhdutusvoimalaitos” come from?
lauhdutusvoimalaitos (Finnish) comes from Finnish lauhdutus, from Finnish lauhduttaa, from Finnish lauhtua, from Finnish -tua, from Ido tu, from English thou, from English thousand, from Middle English thousend — to swell; to crowd; to be strong.
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 | English | thou | Nominative singular of ye; To address using the... |
| 7 | English | thousand | A numerical value equal to 1,000 = 10 × 100 = 10 |
| 8 | Middle English | thousend | A thousand; 1000 |
| 9 | Old English | þūsend | thousand |
| 10 | Proto-West Germanic | þūsundi | thousand |
| 11 | Proto-Germanic | þūsundī | a thousand |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | tuHsont- | thousand |
| 13 | 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 |