Where does “moduuliyhdistelmä” come from?
moduuliyhdistelmä (Finnish) comes from Finnish moduuli, from French module, from Latin modulus, from Latin -ulus, from Proto-Italic -olos, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós, from Proto-Indo-European -lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
moduuliyhdistelmä (Finnish): gigaliner, an articulated lorry or a semi-trailer truck with at least one additional (dolly) trailer
Definitions
- gigaliner, an articulated lorry or a semi-trailer truck with at least one additional (dolly) trailer
Ancestry of “moduuliyhdistelmä”, step by step
moduuliyhdistelmä traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish moduuli
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | moduuli | module; modulus |
| 2 | French | module | module |
| 3 | Latin | modulus | a small measure or interval; a module; a water... |
| 4 | Latin | -ulus | Used to form a diminutive of a noun, indicating... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -olos | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
via Finnish yhdistelmä
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | yhdistelmä | A combination; A short form of... |
| 2 | Finnish | mä | I |
| 3 | Finnish | minä | I; ego; self |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | minä | I, me |
| 5 | Uralic | *minä | — |