Where does “mäntäkone” come from?

mäntäkone (Finnish) comes from Finnish kone, from Proto-Finnic koneh — magic.

mäntäkone (Finnish): a machine that uses a piston, e.g. a reciprocating compressor

Definitions

  1. a machine that uses a piston, e.g. a reciprocating compressor

Ancestry of “mäntäkone”, step by step

mäntäkone traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish kone

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkonemachine; appliance; Short for lentokone
2Proto-Finnickonehmagic

via Finnish mäntä

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishmäntäpiston; Synonym of härkin
2Proto-Finnicmäntämixing utensil made of the top of a young pine
Every word from Proto-Finnic koneh →Every word from Finnish kone →