Where does “moottorivetoinen” come from?
moottorivetoinen (Finnish) comes from Finnish moottori, from Swedish motor, from Latin motor, from Latin -tor, from Proto-Italic -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tōr, from Proto-Indo-European -tor-s.
moottorivetoinen (Finnish): engine-driven, motor-driven
Definitions
- engine-driven, motor-driven
Ancestry of “moottorivetoinen”, step by step
moottorivetoinen traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
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 | — |
via Finnish vetoinen
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | vetoinen | drafty, draughty, drawn; -drive, -driven; having... |
| 2 | Finnish | veto | pull; draught/draft of air; stroke of hand, oar... |
| 3 | Latin | veto | I forbid, oppose, veto; I forbid it! I protest! |
| 4 | Latin | voto | dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wetā(je)- | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weth₂- | to say |