Where does “painovoima-aalto” come from?

painovoima-aalto (Finnish) comes from Finnish aalto, from Proto-Finnic alto, from Proto-Germanic aldǭ, from Proto-Indo-European Holdʰō(n), from Proto-Indo-European Holdʰu- — trough, canoe.

painovoima-aalto (Finnish): gravitational wave

Definitions

  1. gravitational wave

Ancestry of “painovoima-aalto”, step by step

painovoima-aalto traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Finnish aalto

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishaaltowave; outbreak
2Proto-Finnicaltowave
3Proto-Germanicaldǭtrough, hollow
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanHoldʰō(n)
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHoldʰu-trough, canoe

via Finnish painovoima

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishpainovoimagravity
2Finnishvoimapower, strength, force, might; force; power
3Proto-Finnicvoimapower, strength, force, might
4Proto-Finnic-maForms action/result nouns from verbs; Forms the...
5Proto-Uralic-ma
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Holdʰu-Every word from Proto-Indo-European Holdʰō(n)Every word from Proto-Germanic aldǭ