Where does “megajoule” come from?
megajoule (Finnish) comes from Finnish joule, from English joule, from English Joel, from French Judicaël, from Old Breton Iudicael, from Welsh cael, from English Kyle, from Scottish Gaelic caol — to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,...
megajoule (Finnish): megajoule
Ancestry of “megajoule”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | joule | joule |
| 2 | English | joule | In the International System of Units, the derived... |
| 3 | English | Joel | — |
| 4 | French | Judicaël | — |
| 5 | Old Breton | Iudicael | — |
| 6 | Welsh | cael | to get, receive, have; to get to, be allowed to,... |
| 7 | English | Kyle | — |
| 8 | Scottish Gaelic | caol | thin, narrow; strait, narrows, firth, kyle; the... |
| 9 | Middle Irish | cáel | narrow |
| 10 | Old Irish | coíl | — |
| 11 | Proto-Celtic | koilos | thin |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | sḱēy- | to shine; to shimmer; shadow; luster, gloss,... |
| 13 | Proto-Germanic | skaidą | separation, distinction |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | skÁit- | to cut, part, spearate, divide; to cut, part,... |