Where does “megatonni” come from?
megatonni (Finnish) comes from Finnish tonni, from Swedish ton, from English ton, from French ton, from Old French ton, from Latin tuus, from Russian туз, from Polish tuz.
megatonni (Finnish): megaton
Ancestry of “megatonni”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Finnish | tonni | metric ton; grand |
| 2 | Swedish | ton | tonne; tone; tone, shade |
| 3 | English | ton | A unit of weight equal to 2240 pounds or 2000... |
| 4 | French | ton | Your, thy; Tone; Tone, shade |
| 5 | Old French | ton | your |
| 6 | Latin | tuus | your |
| 7 | Russian | туз | ace; bigwig; two-oar dinghy |
| 8 | Polish | tuz | ace; luminary, person of importance in their... |
| 9 | Polish | tu | here |
| 10 | Polish | być | to be |
| 11 | Polish | móc | to be able; may, might; to be allowed |
| 12 | Old Polish | móc | — |
| 13 | Proto-Slavic | moťь | power |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | mógʰtis | — |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | meǵʰ- | — |