Where does “moottoriajoneuvo” come from?
moottoriajoneuvo (Finnish) comes from Finnish ajoneuvo, from Finnish ajo, from Finnish ajaa, from Proto-Finnic ajadak, from Proto-Uralic aja-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian Háȷ́ati, from Proto-Indo-European h₂éǵeti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
moottoriajoneuvo (Finnish): motor vehicle
Definitions
- motor vehicle
Ancestry of “moottoriajoneuvo”, step by step
moottoriajoneuvo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish ajoneuvo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | ajoneuvo | A ground vehicle |
| 2 | Finnish | ajo | driving; riding; chase |
| 3 | Finnish | ajaa | to drive, ride, travel in a vehicle, transport in... |
| 4 | Proto-Finnic | ajadak | to go in a vehicle, to drive |
| 5 | Proto-Uralic | aja- | to drive; to hunt, chase |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | Háȷ́ati | to drive, lead |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂éǵeti | to be driving |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |
via Finnish moottori
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | moottori | engine, motor |
| 2 | Swedish | motor | engine, motor |
| 3 | Latin | motor | mover; that which moves something; first-person... |
| 4 | Latin | -tor | -er |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | -tōr | Forms agent nouns to verb stems |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -tōr | Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -tor-s | — |