Where does “lukkinosturi” come from?
lukkinosturi (Finnish) comes from Finnish lukki, from Finnish Luukas, from Latin Lūcās, from Ancient Greek Λουκᾶς, from Latin Lucius, from Latin lux, from Proto-Italic louks, from Proto-Indo-European lewḱ- — bright; to shine; to see.
lukkinosturi (Finnish): straddle carrier
Definitions
- straddle carrier
Ancestry of “lukkinosturi”, step by step
lukkinosturi traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish lukki
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | lukki | A harvestman; A straddle carrier |
| 2 | Finnish | Luukas | Luke biblical character |
| 3 | Latin | Lūcās | Luke the Evangelist |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Λουκᾶς | man from Lucania |
| 5 | Latin | Lucius | a fish, probably the pike |
| 6 | Latin | lux | light; daylight, day, moonlight; life |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | louks | light |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | lewḱ- | lynx |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | lewk- | bright; to shine; to see |
via Finnish nosturi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | nosturi | crane mechanical lifting device |
| 2 | Finnish | nostaa | to lift, raise, elevate; to hoist; to push up |
| 3 | Finnish | -iäinen | Front vowel variant of -iainen |
| 4 | Finnish | -inen | -like, -ous, -y; -en; Creates adjectives from... |
| 5 | Finnish | -uus | Forms nouns from adjectives, expressing a quality |
| 6 | Proto-Finnic | -uc | -ness, -hood |