Where does “megawattitunti” come from?

megawattitunti (Finnish) comes from Finnish wattitunti, from Finnish tunti, from Old Swedish stund.

megawattitunti (Finnish): megawatt-hour

Definitions

  1. megawatt-hour

Ancestry of “megawattitunti”, step by step

megawattitunti traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish wattitunti

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishwattituntiwatt-hour
2Finnishtuntihour; lesson, class
3Old Swedishstund—

via Finnish mega

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1FinnishmegaShort for megatavu; Short for megabitti
Every word from Old Swedish stund →Every word from Finnish tunti →Every word from Finnish wattitunti →